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The Palaeolithic of Northeast Asia : The History and Results of Research In 1940-1980
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The Palaeolithic of Northeast Asia : The History and Results of Research In 1940-1980.
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9781803273914
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1st ed.
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Oxford : Archaeopress, 2023.
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This volume combines details of discoveries of Palaeolithic sites in a vast region of Northeast Asia (covering mostly the northeastern part of modern Russia), and meticulous analysis of hypotheses, ideas, and concepts related to the Northeast Asian Palaeolithic.
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Print version: Kashin, Vitaly A. The Palaeolithic of Northeast Asia Oxford : Archaeopress,c2023
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Contents
Intro
Title Page
Copyright page
Contents Page
List of abbreviations
Translators' introduction
Introduction
List of Figures, Tables, and Plates
Figure 1. Northeast Asia (after Kashin 2003, p. 152
modified)
Figure 2. Distribution of Palaeolithic and presumably Palaeolithic sites in Northeast Asia (after Kashin 2003, p. 207
modified)
Figure 3. Distribution of Palaeolithic sites in the Lena River basin (Okladnikov 1953a) (after Kashin 2003, p. 155
modified)
Figure 4. Lithics from the Chastinskaya site (Okladnikov 1953a) (after Kashin 2003, p. 153, modified)
Figure 5. Lithics from the Lena River sites (Okladnikov 1953a) (after Kashin 2003, p. 154
modified)
Figure 6. Lithics from the Sumnagin I site
Figure 7. Lithics from the Ikhine I site (after Mochanov 1977, pp. 142-143
modified)
Figure 8. Lithics from the Dyuktai Cave, layer VIIa (after Mochanov 1977, p. 16
modified)
Figure 9. Lithic and bone items from the Dyuktai Cave (after Mochanov 1977, p. 20
modified)
Figure 10. Lithics from the Dyuktai Cave (after Mochanov 1977, p. 25
modified)
Figure 11. Lithics from the Ust-Timpton I site, layer IVb (after Mochanov 1977, p. 160
modified)
Figure 12. Lithics from the Ust-Timpton I site, layer Va (after Mochanov 1977, p. 178
modified)
Figure 13. Lithics from the Ust-Timpton I site, layer Vb (after Mochanov 1977, p. 181
modified)
Figure 14. Artefacts from the early Ushki culture (layer VII) (after Dikov 1979d, p. 35
modified)
Figure 15. Wedge-shaped cores, microblades, and ski spalls from the dwelling of the Ushki I site, layer VI, 1965 excavations (after Dikov 1977a, p. 268
modified)
Figure 16. Artefacts from the lower cultural layer (horizon C) of Ust-Mil II site (after Mochanov 1977, p. 37
modified).
Figure 17. Lithics from the Verkhne-Troitskaya site (after Mochanov 1977, p. 65
modified)
Figure 18. Lithics from the Ezhantsy site (after Mochanov 1977, p. 52
modified)
Figure 19. Lithics from the Ezhantsy site (after Mochanov 1977, p. 54
modified). 1-2, 4-5 - scrapers
3, 6 - turtle-back cores
7, 9 - pebble cores
8 - core preform.
Figure 20. Artefacts from the Berelekh site (after Mochanov 1977, p. 80
modified)
Figure 21. Ivory and bone artefacts, and image of mammoth from the Berelekh site (after Mochanov 1977, pp. 82, 84
modified)
Figure 22. Lithics from the Tumulur site, Palaeolithic cultural layer (after Mochanov 1977, p. 72
modified)
Figure 23. Lithics from the Ikhine II site (after Mochanov 1977, p. 46
modified)
Figure 24. The structure of Aldan River terraces and stratigraphic position of key Palaeolithic sites (after Mochanov 1977, p. 216
modified)
Figure 25. Lithics from the Kurung site, layer VI (after Mochanov et al. 1983, pp. 79, 379
modified)
Figure 26. Striated slab and a "lunar calendar" from the Ushki I site, layer VI (after Dikov 1979d, p. 66
modified)
Figure 27. Lithics from the Siberdik site (after Kashin 2003, p. 194
modified)
Figure 28. Lithics from the Siberdik site (after Kashin 2003, p. 195
modified)
Figure 29. Lithics from the Kongo site (after Kashin 2003, p. 192
modified)
Figure 30. Lithics from the Kongo site (after Dikov 1977a, p. 383
modified)
Figure 31. Bifaces from the Berelekh site (after Kashin 2003, p. 206
modified)
Table 1. Major Palaeolithic cultural complexes in Northeast Asia.
Plate 1. The Lena River in Central Yakutia (photo by A.A. Galanin).
Plate 2. The Vilyui River, with camp of geologists on the island (photo by A.A. Galanin).
Plate 3. The gorge in the Druchak River valley, Northeastern Siberia (photo by I.E. Vorobei).
Plate 4. The view of the Berelekh site
arrows indicate suggested places of archaeological excavations in 1971 and 1974 (photo by V.V. Pitulko).
Plate 5. A view of Ushki Lake and the channel of the Kamchatka River
the green area (willow bushes) on the left side of the lakeshore is the location of the Ushki I site (photo by N.A. Krenke).
Plate 6. A cross-section of deposits at the Ushki cluster, near the Ushki I site
light layers near the top are volcanic ashes, and dark layers below are paleosols (photo by N.A. Krenke).
Chapter I
Beginning of Palaeolithic Studies in Northeast Asia. Activities of the Lena Historical-Archaeological Expedition. The Period of Initial Accumulation of Data (1948-1959)
Chapter II
Investigations of the Palaeolithic of Aldan River and Kamchatka Peninsula. The Determination of Local Cultures and Creation of Regional Cultural-Chronological Schemes in the Evolution of the Palaeolithic of Northeast Asia (1960-1969)
Sites of the Aldan River
The Ushki Palaeolithic Complex
Chapter III
Investigations of the Palaeolithic in Yakutia, Western Coastal Region of the Okhotsk Sea, Chukotka, and Kamchatka. Further Development of Concepts about the Palaeolithic of Northeast Asia (1970-1980)
Yakutsk Research Programme
Magadan Research Programme
Chapter IV
Some Research Problems of the Northeast Asian Palaeolithic
Conclusion
Colour Plates
References
Published Sources
Archival Materials
Index.
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