TY - JOUR
T1 - Upper paleolithic mammal fauna of the Baikal region, east Siberia (new data)
AU - Khenzykhenova, Fedora
AU - Sato, Takao
AU - Lipnina, Ekaterina
AU - Medvedev, German
AU - Kato, Hirofumi
AU - Kogai, Sergei
AU - Maximenko, Ksenya
AU - Novosel'zeva, Valentina
N1 - Funding Information:
The study of mammal fauna has been supported by the project with support of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research of Japan (Fundamental research A, Overseas Academic Investigation) “Overall Research on the Adaptive Behavior of Late Paleolithic Man in Northeastern Eurasia”. We would like to thank the friendly support of all archaeologists and students who excavated the Paleolithic sites Bol’shoi Naryn and Gerasimov’s together with us.
PY - 2011/2/1
Y1 - 2011/2/1
N2 - A representative mammal fauna attributable to the Karginian Interstadial (MIS 3, 36 000-23 000 BP) has been found for the first time in the Fore-Baikalian region. The faunal remains were recovered from Gerasimov's and Bol'shoi Naryn Paleolithic sites in 2003-2008. Zooarchaeological investigations revealed 51 mammal species in the region, dominated by horse Equus sp., steppe lemming Lagurus lagurus, narrow-sculled vole Microtus gregalis and North-Siberian vole M. cf. hyperboreus. The early humans appear to have inhabited a forest-steppe, with local patches of tundra-like landscapes. The Karginian climate was warmer and more humid than during the subsequent Sartan glacial epoch (MIS 2).
AB - A representative mammal fauna attributable to the Karginian Interstadial (MIS 3, 36 000-23 000 BP) has been found for the first time in the Fore-Baikalian region. The faunal remains were recovered from Gerasimov's and Bol'shoi Naryn Paleolithic sites in 2003-2008. Zooarchaeological investigations revealed 51 mammal species in the region, dominated by horse Equus sp., steppe lemming Lagurus lagurus, narrow-sculled vole Microtus gregalis and North-Siberian vole M. cf. hyperboreus. The early humans appear to have inhabited a forest-steppe, with local patches of tundra-like landscapes. The Karginian climate was warmer and more humid than during the subsequent Sartan glacial epoch (MIS 2).
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U2 - 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.06.032
DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.06.032
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78751584956
SN - 1040-6182
VL - 231
SP - 50
EP - 54
JO - Quaternary International
JF - Quaternary International
IS - 1-2
ER -