Elya P Zazovskaya
Biographic Data
| ID | 102847 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elya P Zazovskaya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elya P |
| FAMILY NAME | Zazovskaya |
| SIGNATURE | ZAZOVSKAYA E P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Geography |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1202-657X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
First Younger Dryas-Early Holocene varve chronology of the Russian Plain
Annually-laminated lake sediments (varves) are among the most reliable archives for high-resolution paleoenvironmental reconstruction. However, the Russian Plain has remained a gap in the global distribution of varve chronologies. This preliminary study presents the first Younger Dryas Early Holocene varve chronology from Lake Kasplya (western part of the Russian Plain). A 17.3 m sediment core (Kas-17) was retrieved in 2022, of which the 9.6–15.2…
Radiocarbon dates provide a revised chronology of the Lower Don Eurasian steppe archaeological cultures
Bayesian modeling applied to accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon (AMS 14 C) dates on samples associated with burials and seasonal campsites of various cultures suggests a revised chronology for the Sal steppes and northern fringes of the Kuma-Manych Depression in the Lower Don region in the south of the Russian Plain. The new chronological framework makes it possible to eliminate existing time gaps and refine or extend chronological periods…
The Holocene hydroclimatic changes, palsa peatland development and vegetation history in the inner part of the Central Siberian Plateau (Russia)
Meat Supply of Alakul Miners at the Bronze Age Vorovskaya Yama Copper Mine (Southern Trans-Urals)
In this paper, we analyze what can be learned about the meat supply of the Alakul miners of the Late Bronze Age using archaeozoology, Sr-isotope analysis, and radiocarbon dating techniques. The study is based on a sample of domestic animal bone originating from the Vorovskaya Yama copper mine site in the southern Trans-Urals. The site functioned over a period of about two centuries starting around 1600 BCE. Cattle, caprines, and horses constitute…
Radiocarbon dating of the end of the latest Caspian Sea overflow through the Manych Depression (southeastern European Plain)
The Manych Depression is a relatively narrow elongated depression of tectonic origin, connecting the Caspian and Azov-Black Sea basins. The Caspian Sea repeatedly discharged its waters through this depression into the Black Sea and further into the Mediterranean Sea during the Quaternary period. The last discharge occurred in MIS 2 when the Khvalynian transgression waters exceeded the drainage divide between those two basins. The geochronology of…
New data on the chronology, composition of copper-base artifacts and the organization of the Alakul metal production in the Southern Trans-Urals Bronze Age settlements
The mid- and late Holocene palsa palaeoecology and hydroclimatic changes in Yenisei Siberia revealed by a high-resolution peat archive
Chronology of the Volchia Griva Megafaunal Locality and Paleolithic Site (Western Siberia) and the Issue of Human Occupation of Siberia at the Last Glacial Maximum
A summary of the chronology for the key paleontological and archaeological site of Volchia Griva in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain is presented. Currently, 42 reliable 14 C values have been generated on animal bones (37 14 C dates) and charcoal (5 14 C dates). Three stratigraphic levels of animal bones are established. The 14 C ages of the fossils are as follows: the upper level—ca. 10,620–12,520 BP; the middle level—ca. 13,700–17,8…
Migrations and Cultural Evolution in the Light of Radiocarbon Dating of Bronze Age Sites in the Southern Urals
This research aims to contribute to our knowledge of the chronology of the main cultural entities of the Bronze Age in the Southern Urals. The objectives of this work include the verification of earlier conclusions regarding individual sites, expanding the date series for the key cultures with reliable dates, and creating reference series for the Bayesian modeling of key archaeological sites. Thirty-two samples were selected from reliable context…
Chronology of the Upper Palaeolithic Sites of Byki (Centre of the East European Plain) According to 14C and OSL Dating
Series of 14C dates from cultural layers (CL) of Byki sites are in the range 1—5 thousand years. Simple statistical processing does not allow to narrow down the age estimates. To assess the reliability of 14C dates, we developed an approach based on the assessment of sedimentation dynamics using luminescence (OSL) dating and age determination of the main lithostratigraphic units. The OSL method was used to date the section of the multilayer site …
Late-Holocene advances of the Greater Azau Glacier (Elbrus area, Northern Caucasus) revealed by 14 C dating of paleosols
Three paleosols buried in the left lateral moraines of the Greater Azau Glacier (Northern Caucasus) were identified in an excavated outcrop (43.2658 N, 42.4766 E, 2370 m a.s.l.). When the glacier was overlying the surface of the lateral moraines at this site, the thickness of the ice was 50 m and more above the valley floor. Fragments of charcoal from the uppermost soil (S1) buried 0.6 m below the surface yielded the radiocarbon date 130 ± 20 yr …
Sartanian (MIS 2) ice wedge pseudomorphs with hydromorphic pedosediments in the north of West Siberia as an indicator for paleoenvironmental reconstruction and stratigraphic correlation
Voronin Grotto (Middle Urals, Russia)
The Beginning and Early Years of Radiocarbon Dating in Russia
We present an overview of the beginning and early years of radiocarbon dating in Russia. Achievements of several major scholars in this field from Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Moscow and Novosibirsk are briefly described. The existing and closed Russian laboratories are also mentioned
Radiocarbon chronology of Bronze Age mines in the Southern Trans-Urals
“Steppe Corridors” of Alakul Pastoralists
The paper is devoted to the determination of the preferred ecological niche of the Alakul population of the forest-steppe Trans-Urals and considers the problem of Andronovo colonization in the northern direction. Radiocarbon dating, paleobotanical and isotopic studies were carried out based on the Chebarkul III settlement materials. The Alakul period of the settlement dates back to the 18th–17th centuries BC. The species composition of plants fro…
From Ore to Metal
Новотемирский рудник стал первым памятником горного дела в Южном Зауралье, на котором проведены раскопки широкими площадями. Получены новые данные о технологиях первых металлургов региона, а также характере их развития на протяжении II тыс. до н.э. Вскрытие культурного слоя выявило свидетельства всех стадий металлопроизводства бронзового века. Горное дело отражают выработки различной морфологии и прилегающие к ним отвалы. Впервые в бронзовом веке…
A multi-proxy reconstruction of peatland development and regional vegetation changes in subarctic NE Fennoscandia (the Republic of Karelia, Russia) during the Holocene
A better understanding of past long-term environmental changes in the subarctic region is crucial for mitigation of the possible negative effects of climate warming in this vulnerable region. This study provides a new multi-proxy reconstruction of regional vegetation changes and peatland development for north-eastern Fennoscandia (Russia) during most of the Holocene. To that purpose, we performed plant macrofossil, pollen, testate amoebae, peat h…
Key periods of peatland development and environmental changes in the middle taiga zone of Western Siberia during the Holocene
The Paleolithic diet of Siberia and Eastern Europe
From Ore to Metal
The Novotemirsky mine was the first in the Southeastern Urals to have large areas of the site uncovered. This has yielded new information on the technologies practiced by the first metallurgists in the region and on the evolution of these practices in the second millennium BC. Cultural layers revealed evidence of all stages of Bronze Age metal production. Mining is documented by pits of various forms and adjoining waste dumps. This is the first t…
The time of emergence of the Gnezdovo settlement based on radiocarbon dating
The Holocene paleoenvironmental history of Western Caucasus (Russia) reconstructed by multi-proxy analysis of the continuous sediment sequence from Lake Khuko
This paper presents new multi-proxy records of the Holocene environmental and climatic changes in the Western Caucasus revealed from a continuous sediment sequence from mountainous Lake Khuko (Caucasus State Natural Biospheric Reserve, 1744 m a.s.l.). Palaeoecological analyses of a sediment core for grain size, magnetic susceptibility, loss on ignition, and pollen allowed us to determine five principal climatic phases with several subphases since…
Holocene sedimentation in the central part of Lake Ladoga
Insights into the late Holocene vegetation history of the East European forest-steppe
Radiocarbon chronology of Bronze Age mines in the Southern Trans-Urals
The Paleolithic diet of Siberia and Eastern Europe
From Ore to Metal
The Novotemirsky mine was the first in the Southeastern Urals to have large areas of the site uncovered. This has yielded new information on the technologies practiced by the first metallurgists in the region and on the evolution of these practices in the second millennium BC. Cultural layers revealed evidence of all stages of Bronze Age metal production. Mining is documented by pits of various forms and adjoining waste dumps. This is the first t…
Chronology of the Volchia Griva Megafaunal Locality and Paleolithic Site (Western Siberia) and the Issue of Human Occupation of Siberia at the Last Glacial Maximum
A summary of the chronology for the key paleontological and archaeological site of Volchia Griva in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain is presented. Currently, 42 reliable 14 C values have been generated on animal bones (37 14 C dates) and charcoal (5 14 C dates). Three stratigraphic levels of animal bones are established. The 14 C ages of the fossils are as follows: the upper level—ca. 10,620–12,520 BP; the middle level—ca. 13,700–17,8…
The Holocene paleoenvironmental history of Western Caucasus (Russia) reconstructed by multi-proxy analysis of the continuous sediment sequence from Lake Khuko
This paper presents new multi-proxy records of the Holocene environmental and climatic changes in the Western Caucasus revealed from a continuous sediment sequence from mountainous Lake Khuko (Caucasus State Natural Biospheric Reserve, 1744 m a.s.l.). Palaeoecological analyses of a sediment core for grain size, magnetic susceptibility, loss on ignition, and pollen allowed us to determine five principal climatic phases with several subphases since…
Insights into the late Holocene vegetation history of the East European forest-steppe
Meat Supply of Alakul Miners at the Bronze Age Vorovskaya Yama Copper Mine (Southern Trans-Urals)
In this paper, we analyze what can be learned about the meat supply of the Alakul miners of the Late Bronze Age using archaeozoology, Sr-isotope analysis, and radiocarbon dating techniques. The study is based on a sample of domestic animal bone originating from the Vorovskaya Yama copper mine site in the southern Trans-Urals. The site functioned over a period of about two centuries starting around 1600 BCE. Cattle, caprines, and horses constitute…
Key periods of peatland development and environmental changes in the middle taiga zone of Western Siberia during the Holocene
Radiocarbon dating of the end of the latest Caspian Sea overflow through the Manych Depression (southeastern European Plain)
The Manych Depression is a relatively narrow elongated depression of tectonic origin, connecting the Caspian and Azov-Black Sea basins. The Caspian Sea repeatedly discharged its waters through this depression into the Black Sea and further into the Mediterranean Sea during the Quaternary period. The last discharge occurred in MIS 2 when the Khvalynian transgression waters exceeded the drainage divide between those two basins. The geochronology of…
Migrations and Cultural Evolution in the Light of Radiocarbon Dating of Bronze Age Sites in the Southern Urals
This research aims to contribute to our knowledge of the chronology of the main cultural entities of the Bronze Age in the Southern Urals. The objectives of this work include the verification of earlier conclusions regarding individual sites, expanding the date series for the key cultures with reliable dates, and creating reference series for the Bayesian modeling of key archaeological sites. Thirty-two samples were selected from reliable context…
The Beginning and Early Years of Radiocarbon Dating in Russia
We present an overview of the beginning and early years of radiocarbon dating in Russia. Achievements of several major scholars in this field from Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Moscow and Novosibirsk are briefly described. The existing and closed Russian laboratories are also mentioned
A multi-proxy reconstruction of peatland development and regional vegetation changes in subarctic NE Fennoscandia (the Republic of Karelia, Russia) during the Holocene
A better understanding of past long-term environmental changes in the subarctic region is crucial for mitigation of the possible negative effects of climate warming in this vulnerable region. This study provides a new multi-proxy reconstruction of regional vegetation changes and peatland development for north-eastern Fennoscandia (Russia) during most of the Holocene. To that purpose, we performed plant macrofossil, pollen, testate amoebae, peat h…
Radiocarbon Dating - Modern State, Problem, Prospects of Development and Use in Archaeology
Basic principles of radiocarbon dating are presented in the article. History of the method development and modern state are shown. Difficulties appeared under the radiocarbon dating and approaches, permitting to present the received results correctly are discussed. The procedure of radiocarbon data calibration is described, references on calibration programs, which can be used, are given. Effect of isotope fractionation and its influence on radio…
Radiocarbon Dating - Modern State, Problem, Prospects of Development and Use in Archaeology
Basic principles of radiocarbon dating are presented in the article. History of the method development and modern state are shown. Difficulties appeared under the radiocarbon dating and approaches, permitting to present the received results correctly are discussed. The procedure of radiocarbon data calibration is described, references on calibration programs, which can be used, are given. Effect of isotope fractionation and its influence on radio…
Active layer monitoring in Antarctica
Monitoring of active layer thawing depth and active layer thickness (ALT), using mechanical pronging and continuous temperature data logging, has been undertaken under the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring – South (CALM-S) program at a range of sites across Antarctica. The objective of this study was to summarize key data from sites in different Antarctic regions from 2006 to 2015 to review the state of the active layer in Antarctica and the ef…
Holocene sedimentation in the central part of Lake Ladoga
Insights into the late Holocene vegetation history of the East European forest-steppe
Problems of Developing the Pleistocene Radiocarbon Chronology within high Mountain Terranes by the Example of Russian Altai
The paper presents a discussion of 24 radiocarbon ( 14 C) dates of organic material from deposits of various genesis within the intermountain depressions and valleys of the Russian Altai. These apparent 14 C ages (sometimes near the upper time limit of the 14 C dating method) contradict to other proxy data and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dates. Rejuvenation of ancient deposits by 14 C dating encountered two problems: (1) wrong interpr…
The time of emergence of the Gnezdovo settlement based on radiocarbon dating
The Holocene paleoenvironmental history of Western Caucasus (Russia) reconstructed by multi-proxy analysis of the continuous sediment sequence from Lake Khuko
This paper presents new multi-proxy records of the Holocene environmental and climatic changes in the Western Caucasus revealed from a continuous sediment sequence from mountainous Lake Khuko (Caucasus State Natural Biospheric Reserve, 1744 m a.s.l.). Palaeoecological analyses of a sediment core for grain size, magnetic susceptibility, loss on ignition, and pollen allowed us to determine five principal climatic phases with several subphases since…
“Steppe Corridors” of Alakul Pastoralists
The paper is devoted to the determination of the preferred ecological niche of the Alakul population of the forest-steppe Trans-Urals and considers the problem of Andronovo colonization in the northern direction. Radiocarbon dating, paleobotanical and isotopic studies were carried out based on the Chebarkul III settlement materials. The Alakul period of the settlement dates back to the 18th–17th centuries BC. The species composition of plants fro…
From Ore to Metal
Новотемирский рудник стал первым памятником горного дела в Южном Зауралье, на котором проведены раскопки широкими площадями. Получены новые данные о технологиях первых металлургов региона, а также характере их развития на протяжении II тыс. до н.э. Вскрытие культурного слоя выявило свидетельства всех стадий металлопроизводства бронзового века. Горное дело отражают выработки различной морфологии и прилегающие к ним отвалы. Впервые в бронзовом веке…
A multi-proxy reconstruction of peatland development and regional vegetation changes in subarctic NE Fennoscandia (the Republic of Karelia, Russia) during the Holocene
A better understanding of past long-term environmental changes in the subarctic region is crucial for mitigation of the possible negative effects of climate warming in this vulnerable region. This study provides a new multi-proxy reconstruction of regional vegetation changes and peatland development for north-eastern Fennoscandia (Russia) during most of the Holocene. To that purpose, we performed plant macrofossil, pollen, testate amoebae, peat h…
Key periods of peatland development and environmental changes in the middle taiga zone of Western Siberia during the Holocene
The Paleolithic diet of Siberia and Eastern Europe
From Ore to Metal
The Novotemirsky mine was the first in the Southeastern Urals to have large areas of the site uncovered. This has yielded new information on the technologies practiced by the first metallurgists in the region and on the evolution of these practices in the second millennium BC. Cultural layers revealed evidence of all stages of Bronze Age metal production. Mining is documented by pits of various forms and adjoining waste dumps. This is the first t…
Late-Holocene advances of the Greater Azau Glacier (Elbrus area, Northern Caucasus) revealed by 14 C dating of paleosols
Three paleosols buried in the left lateral moraines of the Greater Azau Glacier (Northern Caucasus) were identified in an excavated outcrop (43.2658 N, 42.4766 E, 2370 m a.s.l.). When the glacier was overlying the surface of the lateral moraines at this site, the thickness of the ice was 50 m and more above the valley floor. Fragments of charcoal from the uppermost soil (S1) buried 0.6 m below the surface yielded the radiocarbon date 130 ± 20 yr …
Sartanian (MIS 2) ice wedge pseudomorphs with hydromorphic pedosediments in the north of West Siberia as an indicator for paleoenvironmental reconstruction and stratigraphic correlation
Voronin Grotto (Middle Urals, Russia)
The Beginning and Early Years of Radiocarbon Dating in Russia
We present an overview of the beginning and early years of radiocarbon dating in Russia. Achievements of several major scholars in this field from Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Moscow and Novosibirsk are briefly described. The existing and closed Russian laboratories are also mentioned
Radiocarbon chronology of Bronze Age mines in the Southern Trans-Urals
The mid- and late Holocene palsa palaeoecology and hydroclimatic changes in Yenisei Siberia revealed by a high-resolution peat archive
Chronology of the Volchia Griva Megafaunal Locality and Paleolithic Site (Western Siberia) and the Issue of Human Occupation of Siberia at the Last Glacial Maximum
A summary of the chronology for the key paleontological and archaeological site of Volchia Griva in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain is presented. Currently, 42 reliable 14 C values have been generated on animal bones (37 14 C dates) and charcoal (5 14 C dates). Three stratigraphic levels of animal bones are established. The 14 C ages of the fossils are as follows: the upper level—ca. 10,620–12,520 BP; the middle level—ca. 13,700–17,8…
Migrations and Cultural Evolution in the Light of Radiocarbon Dating of Bronze Age Sites in the Southern Urals
This research aims to contribute to our knowledge of the chronology of the main cultural entities of the Bronze Age in the Southern Urals. The objectives of this work include the verification of earlier conclusions regarding individual sites, expanding the date series for the key cultures with reliable dates, and creating reference series for the Bayesian modeling of key archaeological sites. Thirty-two samples were selected from reliable context…
Chronology of the Upper Palaeolithic Sites of Byki (Centre of the East European Plain) According to 14C and OSL Dating
Series of 14C dates from cultural layers (CL) of Byki sites are in the range 1—5 thousand years. Simple statistical processing does not allow to narrow down the age estimates. To assess the reliability of 14C dates, we developed an approach based on the assessment of sedimentation dynamics using luminescence (OSL) dating and age determination of the main lithostratigraphic units. The OSL method was used to date the section of the multilayer site …
Radiocarbon dating of the end of the latest Caspian Sea overflow through the Manych Depression (southeastern European Plain)
The Manych Depression is a relatively narrow elongated depression of tectonic origin, connecting the Caspian and Azov-Black Sea basins. The Caspian Sea repeatedly discharged its waters through this depression into the Black Sea and further into the Mediterranean Sea during the Quaternary period. The last discharge occurred in MIS 2 when the Khvalynian transgression waters exceeded the drainage divide between those two basins. The geochronology of…
New data on the chronology, composition of copper-base artifacts and the organization of the Alakul metal production in the Southern Trans-Urals Bronze Age settlements
First Younger Dryas-Early Holocene varve chronology of the Russian Plain
Annually-laminated lake sediments (varves) are among the most reliable archives for high-resolution paleoenvironmental reconstruction. However, the Russian Plain has remained a gap in the global distribution of varve chronologies. This preliminary study presents the first Younger Dryas Early Holocene varve chronology from Lake Kasplya (western part of the Russian Plain). A 17.3 m sediment core (Kas-17) was retrieved in 2022, of which the 9.6–15.2…
Geology (20 works) · Geography (19 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (17 works) · Archaeology (16 works) · Radiocarbon dating (16 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 works) · Holocene (12 works) · Paleontology (10 works) · Physical geography (10 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (10 works)