Y V Kuzmin
Biographic Data
| ID | 19181 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Y V Kuzmin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Y V |
| FAMILY NAME | Kuzmin |
| SIGNATURE | KUZMIN Y V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pacific Institute of Geography, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4512-2269 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 137 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 618 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 137 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 13 |
Sled Dogs, Broken Runners, and Long Journeys in the East Siberian Arctic 9000 Years Ago
At the Zhokhov site (East Siberian Arctic, ca. 9000 years ago), excavations revealed the earliest solid evidence of advanced land transport: sledge parts and dog bones. Recognizable sledge elements include runners and upright supports, indicating at least two types: light sledges pulled by a hunter or a single dog, and larger cargo sleds for dog teams. The sledge design closely matches the historic Chukchi-Koryak arc-stanchion type. The emergence…
Spatiotemporal patterns of existence and extinction for woolly mammoth in Siberia in the last 50,000 years
A database of ca. 970 radiocarbon dates on bones, teeth, and tusks of the woolly mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius Blum.) from Siberia was created in order to understand the spatiotemporal distribution of this species over the last 50,000 14 C years (BP). Mammoths populated all parts of Siberia until ca. 12,000 BP. After that, a few refugia exited south of ca. 60°N at ca. 10,600–12,000 BP, and in the northern part of mainland Siberia mammoths survi…
Regional and local drivers of vegetation and humidity dynamics in Western Siberia during the Holocene
The Western Siberian peatlands rank among the largest in the Northern Hemisphere. This study investigates peatland development and palaeohydrological changes of the Mukhrino mire during the Holocene focussing on climatic, regional and local factors. The multiproxy and multi-core approach reveals spatial variability driven by topography and sedimentary conditions. Our study integrates testate amoebae, plant macrofossils, peat geochemical and bioma…
Microfossil (Diatoms, Tintinnids, and Testate Amoebae) Assemblages in the Holocene Sediments of the Laptev Sea Shelf off the Yana River as a Proxy for Paleoenvironments
The paper presents the results of a microfossil study of Holocene sediments in the Yana River flow zone in the southeastern part of the Laptev Sea. A rich diatom flora (242 species and intraspecific taxa, of which 177 species are freshwater) was revealed; additionally, five species of marine tintinnids (planktonic ciliates) and 15 species of freshwater testate amoebae (testacean) were discovered for the first time in the sea sediments. Three asse…
Colin Renfrew—A titan of archaeology
Procurement and exchange of obsidian in the Middle Palaeolithic of western Azerbaijan (South Caucasus)
Spatiotemporal patterns of obsidian exploitation in the later prehistory of eastern Kamchatka Peninsula (Russian Far East)
Dating of Cultural Deposits of the Multilayered settlement of Khummi in Khabarovsk Province
The work shows the history (1992–2022) of chronological studies of the key archaeological site of the Lower Amur region - the multi-layer settlement of Khummi. The main attention is paid to dating the lower cultural layer containing materials from the Osipovskaya culture of the initial Neolithic. The work proposes the analysis of the sampling process, their study, obtaining radiocarbon dates; The issues of correlation of the obtained datings with…
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 unique Late Paleolithic artifactual bone assemblage from the Volchia Griva site, Western Siberia
In 2020, a unique bone assemblage was found at the Late Paleolithic site Volchia Griva. Its base is made of a distal mammoth femur minus epiphysis, in which a cavity has been hollowed out. Impact notches along the edges of the cavity and holes in the metaphysis prove the human-made nature of this specimen. A portion of a polar fox cranium, half of a fox hemimandible, a fox tooth, and a large mammal rib fragment were enclosed in the cavity. The ma…
My Works with Yu. V. Knorozov and the Importance of His Studies in 1979–1990 for Archaeology of the Kurile Islands
The article presents memories of the author’s work on the Iturup Island (in 1988 and 1990) together with Yu. V. Knorozov, the prominent Soviet/Russian specialist in ancient writing systems and ethnic semiotics. A brief review of archaeological sites and rock images found and studied by him on the Iturup Island in 1979–1990 is given. One of the main tasks was the search for the traces left by Ainu and more ancient populations of the Kuriles, mainl…
Obsidian in prehistoric complexes of the southern Kurile islands (the Russian Far East)
Obsidian provenance studies in the southern Kuriles (Kunashir and Iturup islands), part of the insular Russian Far East, are reviewed and summarized for the first time. The sites analyzed belong to the Jomon (ca. 7300–2500 BP), Epi-Jomon (ca. 2500–1400 BP), and Okhotsk (ca. 1400–800 BP) cultural complexes, with particular attention given to the well-studied Yankito 2 site. The main sources of high-quality volcanic glass for the southern Kuriles w…
Reconstructing Human−environmental Relationship in the Siberian Arctic and Sub-Arctic
This paper examines patterns of human–environmental interactions across northern Asia during the Holocene, in order to summarize current knowledge and identify key areas for future research. To achieve these goals, currently available chronological, cultural, and paleoenvironmental datasets from the east Russian Arctic for the last 10,000 14 C years were integrated. Study regions include the Taymyr Peninsula, Lena River basin (except its southern…
Anatomically modern human dispersal in Asia during the Paleolithic
Chronology and periodization of the Stone Age of Kamchatka (in the light of the 2017-2021 publications)
Chronology of the Pleistocene Finds of Homo Remains in Siberia
This overview article contains a brief critical analysis of the chronology of Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene finds of Homo remains in Siberia. Direct dating of the Homo bones and teeth, as well as the isolation and analysis of the ancient human DNA, has now become firmly established in the practice of paleoanthropological research. About 62% of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Siberian Homo remains have information on ancient DNA and …
Denisovans, Neanderthals, and Early Modern Humans
Geological and geochemical characterization of the Kelbadjar (Kechaldag) obsidian source in Azerbaijan, Lesser Caucasus
Sungir Revisited
Chronological and stratigraphic frameworks are of the utmost importance for Upper Paleolithic archaeology, physical anthropology, and ecology. Wide ranging radiocarbon ( 14 C) dates were previously obtained for the Sungir burial complex in the central part of European Russia, which is well-known as the richest funeral Paleolithic assemblage in the world yet recorded. The major problem was the contamination caused by consolidants used during the r…
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
Megaliths of Europe
New textbook on Quaternary geology (Астахов В. И. Четвертичная геология суши. Учебное пособие. СПб
Ancient humans in Siberia during the Last Glacial Maximum
Reconstruction of Food Patterns of the Inhabitants of Sunghir (Based on the Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Ratios in Bone Collagen)
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Chronology of the Mis 3 Megafauna in Southeastern West Siberia and the Possibility of Late Survival of the Khozarian Steppe Mammoth ( Mammuthus Trogontherii Chosaricus )
We report a new series of radiocarbon ( 14 C) dates on the MIS 3 megafauna for a previously poorly studied region of southeastern West Siberia. Some species, like woolly mammoth and woolly rhinoceros, and Pleistocene bison and horse, existed throughout the MIS 3 (ca. 29–59 ka cal BP); cave hyaena is dated to ca. 46,400 cal BP. The very late 14 C dates on Khozarian steppe elephant ( Mammuthus trogontherii chosaricus ), ca. 45,100–45,400 cal BP, ma…
Dates Are Not Just Data
The large radiocarbon database now established for Paleolithic sites in Siberia and the Russian Far East can be used to build up a picture of relative population size in these regions. We consider the time period of ca. 46,000 to 12,000 B.P. for which we have assembled and critically studied 437 radiocarbon dates. All dates from individual sites that fall within 1,00014C years are considered as a single event and called occupation episode. The re…
Radiocarbon Chronology of the Siberian Paleolithic
Chronology and Periodization of Upper Paleolithic Sites in Mongolia
Based on archaeological materials recovered from stratified sites in the Khangai Mountains and the Gobi Altai regions and new radiocarbon dates for the Tolbor-4 and 15 localities, a tripartite chronological subdivision of the Mongolian Upper Paleolithic is suggested. The first period is the Early Upper Paleolithic (40–26 ka BP). Sites dating to this period have been discovered both in the Khangai and the Gobi Altai regions. The second period bega…
Chronology of the earliest pottery in East Asia
The origin of pottery is among the most important questions in Old World archaeology. The author undertakes a critical review of radiocarbon dates associated with the earliest pottery-making and eliminates a number of them where the material or its context are unreliable. Using those that survive this process of 'chronometric hygiene', he proposes that food-containers made of burnt clay originated in East Asia in the Late Glacial, c. 13 700-13 30…
Radiocarbon Date Frequency as an Index of Intensity of Paleolithic Occupation of Siberia
Upper Paleolithic humans occupied southern Siberia by about 43,000–38,000 BP ( 14 C yr), and afterward continued to live there despite the very cold climate. If climatic conditions limited expansion of the colonizing population in northern Siberia, the Paleolithic ecumene should have contracted during the coldest episodes within the last 40,000 yr, and fewer 14 C-dated sites should be known from those periods. In fact, the human population seems …
Sources of Archaeological Obsidian on Sakhalin Island (Russian Far East)
Origin of Old World pottery as viewed from the early 2010s
A critical evaluation of the existing data corpus on the earliest pottery in East Asia and its chronology as of early 2013 is presented here. Pottery in the Old World emerged in three regions within greater East Asia, namely South China, the Japanese Islands and the Russian Far East, at c. 14,800–13,300 bp (or c. 18,500–15,500 cal. bp). Most probably, pottery-making appeared in these places independently; no solid evidence exists about migrations…
The Neolithization of Siberia and the Russian Far East
Results of recent excavations and radiocarbon dating show that several places in Siberia and the Russian Far East, such as the Lower Amur River basin and the Transbaikal, represent independent centres of pottery invention, and all pre-date 10,000 BP. These two areas should be considered among the earliest centres of pottery origins in East Asia and the Old World. The rest of Siberia is characterized by significantly later appearance of Neolithic …
The oldest directly-dated human remains in Siberia
Lugovskoe, Western Siberia
Eleven woolly mammoth bone samples from Lugovskoe (central West Siberian Plain, Russia) were radiocarbon dated in 3 laboratories: Institute of Geology, Novosibirsk; Oxford University, Oxford; and Christian Albrechts University, Kiel. Each laboratory used its own protocol for collagen extraction. Parallel dating was carried out on 3 samples in Novosibirsk and Oxford. Two results are in good agreement. However, there is a major discrepancy between …
Shuidonggou localities 1 and 2 in northern China
Shuidonggou localities 1 and 2 provide key evidence for the Initial Upper Palaeolithic of north-east Asia. In a recent article inAntiquity(87 (2013), 368-383), Liet al.proposed a new chronology, building on the earlier results of Madsenet al.(Antiquity75 (2001), 705-716). Here Susan Keates and Yaroslav Kuzmin take issue with the new chronology. The article is followed by a response from Li and Gao
The Colonization of Eastern Siberia
First direct dating of a presumed Pleistocene hominid from China
Siberia at the Last Glacial Maximum
Two Islands in the Ocean
Obsidian exchange patterns were studied on Sakhalin Island which connects Japan with mainland Asia. One hundred-eighty-two specimens of obsidian, including 157 artifacts from 75 sites on Sakhalin, ranging in age from the early Upper Paleolithic (ca. 19,400-17,800 RYBP) to the Okhotsk cultural complex (ca. 1400-800 RYBP), and 25 geological samples from Hokkaido Island (Japan), were examined by neutron activation analysis. Geochemical data suggest …
The Lake Krasnoe obsidian source in Chukotka (Northeastern Siberia)
The Earliest Evidence of Human Settlement in the Kurile Islands (Russian Far East)
Obsidian use at the Ushki Lake complex, Kamchatka Peninsula (Northeastern Siberia)
Towards the Origin of Microblade Technology in Northeastern Asia
Microblade technology is one of the most remarkable phenomena in the Upper Paleolithic of northern Eurasia, primarily the northern and eastern regions of Asia. Here we present an overview of the most recent developments in attempting to understand the emergence and spread of this technology, based on data known for Siberia and the Russian Far East, Mongolia, China, Korea, and Japan. The main assumptions for selection of the earliest microblade co…
The older, the better? On the radiocarbon dating of Upper Palaeolithic burials in Northern Eurasia and beyond
Siberia and neighboring regions in the Last Glacial Maximum
Radiocarbon Dating of the Stone and Bronze Age Sites in Primorye (Russian Far East)
The first results of radiocarbon dating of the ancient sites in the Russian Far East were published early in the 1960s (Okladnikov 1964). We now have enough data to establish the main features in the 14 C chronology of the Stone and Bronze Age cultures in Primorye, one of the archaeologically well-studied regions of the Russian Far East
The earliest surviving textiles in East Asia from Chertovy Vorota Cave, Primorye Province, Russian Far East
Carbonised textiles were found in a burnt down building inside a cave 30km from the far eastern coast of Russia. The textiles were made from untwisted or hand-twisted blades of sedge grass to form ropes, nets and woven mats. Dated by AMS toc. 9400-8400 cal BP these are the earliest textiles so far known from East Asia
They came from the ends of the earth
Comparative analysis of a Stone Age human tooth fragment from Khaiyrgas Cave on the Middle Lena (Yakutia, Russian Federation)
In 1999, during the excavation of Khaiyrgas Cave on the Middle Lena River in Yakutia (in the Russian Federation), a fragmented human deciduous tooth was discovered in the upper 5th (Paleolithic) horizon, at the contact with the 4th (Mesolithic) horizon. The cave is one of a number of interesting Upper Paleolithic sites on the Lena, located at the border of two cultural regions: Lake Baikal and Yakutia. Previous findings indicate active cultural a…
Prehistoric Colonization of Northeastern Siberia and Migration to America
This review of radiocarbon dates from northeastern Siberian Paleolithic sites provides data that can be applied to establishing a chronology of human settlement, and that can provide a rough estimate of the timing of the initial peopling of the New World
The diring paleolithic site, Eastern Siberia
Geoarchaeological studies using geomorphological, lithological, cryolithological, palynological, paleomagnetic, thermoluminescent, and plant macrofossil analyses have been conducted on the Diring site, eastern Siberia. Mochanov (1988a, 1988b) assumed that the sediments which overlay the Diring cultural layer are synchronous with the Tabaga terrace of the Lena River (Upper Pliocene) and dated the cultural layer 1.8–3.2 My ago. Alekseev et al. (199…
Radiocarbon Dating of the Stone and Bronze Age Sites in Primorye (Russian Far East)
The first results of radiocarbon dating of the ancient sites in the Russian Far East were published early in the 1960s (Okladnikov 1964). We now have enough data to establish the main features in the 14 C chronology of the Stone and Bronze Age cultures in Primorye, one of the archaeologically well-studied regions of the Russian Far East
Human impact on environment in the Neolithic-Bronze Age in Southern Primorye (far eastern Russia)
In the Early Neolithic (7th to 5th millennia BC) the principal components of the palaeoe conomy in Southern Primorye were hunting, fishing and gathering. Human impact on the natural environment was restricted to burning and trampling of the vegetation near archaeological sites. Hunting, fishing and gathering continued in the Late Neolithic (4th to 3rd millennia BC) and the Bronze Age (end of 4th to the 3rd millennia BC), but cattle-breeding and a…
People and environment in the Russian far east from Paleolithic to Middle Ages
The Colonization of Eastern Siberia
Vertebrate Animal Remains from Prehistoric and Medieval Settlements in Primorye (Russian Far East)
A review of zooarchaeological research is presented for one of the best-studied areas of the Russian Far East, Primorye (Maritime) Province. The faunal remains, including mammals, birds and fish, were derived from archaeological contexts ranging from the Upper Palaeolithic, ca. 33 000 years ago, to the Middle Ages, twelfth to thirteenth centuries AD. Among the wild species, hoofed animals, wild boar, and bears are the most common. Domesticated an…
Vertebrate Animal Remains from Prehistoric and Medieval Settlements in Primorye (Russian Far East)
A review of zooarchaeological research is presented for one of the best-studied areas of the Russian Far East, Primorye (Maritime) Province. The faunal remains, including mammals, birds and fish, were derived from archaeological contexts ranging from the Upper Palaeolithic, ca. 33 000 years ago, to the Middle Ages, twelfth to thirteenth centuries AD. Among the wild species, hoofed animals, wild boar, and bears are the most common. Domesticated an…
C Chronology of Stone Age Cultures in the Russian Far East
Ca. 150 unequivocal 14 C dates from the prehistoric cultures in the Russian Far East can be used to elucidate chrono-cultural boundaries in that region. Microblade technology started as early as ca. 20,000 bp, and continued to exist in the middle Amur River basin until ca. 10,500 bp, and in Primorye until ca. 7800 bp. The emergence of pottery-making in the lower Amur River basin goes back to ca. 13,300 bp. The transition from Upper Paleolithic to…
C Database and Geographic Information System for Western Siberia
We illustrate here the combined use of geographic information system (GIS) technology and a radiocarbon database for analysis of the environmental components and ancient sites in Western Siberia during the period 10–45 ka bp. In total, 230 14 C dates from 75 Late Pleistocene outcrops and Paleolithic sites were used to generate paleolandscape maps and to establish the features of the spatiotemporal distribution of Paleolithic sites
Early Agriculture in Primorye, Russian Far East
Patterns of Culture Change in Eastern Siberia During the Pleistocene–holocene Transition
Radiocarbon Chronology of the Siberian Paleolithic
More about Diring Yuriakh
The geoarchaeology of Diring Yuriakh, perhaps the oldest firmly documented archaeological site in Siberia, at more than 260,000 years old, is important for modeling the peopling of Northern Asia and North America. This article focuses on some important details about the stratigraphy of the Diring site, which have previously only been published in Russian. There are two major geoarchaeological problems at Diring. First, the stratigraphic position …
More about Diring Yuriakh
The geoarchaeology of Diring Yuriakh, perhaps the oldest firmly documented archaeological site in Siberia, at more than 260,000 years old, is important for modeling the peopling of Northern Asia and North America. This article focuses on some important details about the stratigraphy of the Diring site, which have previously only been published in Russian. There are two major geoarchaeological problems at Diring. First, the stratigraphic position …
The Neolithization of Siberia and the Russian Far East
Results of recent excavations and radiocarbon dating show that several places in Siberia and the Russian Far East, such as the Lower Amur River basin and the Transbaikal, represent independent centres of pottery invention, and all pre-date 10,000 BP. These two areas should be considered among the earliest centres of pottery origins in East Asia and the Old World. The rest of Siberia is characterized by significantly later appearance of Neolithic …
C Wiggle Matching of the ‘Floating’ Tree-Ring Chronology from the Altai Mountains, Southern Siberia
The Bayesian approach to calibration of radiocarbon dates was used to wiggle-match the “floating” tree-ring chronology from a Pazyryk culture (Scythian-type complex from Sayan-Altai Mountain system, southern Siberia) burial ground in order to estimate the calendar age of its construction. Seventeen bidecadal tree-ring samples were 14 C dated with high precision (±20–30 yr). The results of wiggle-matching show that the Pazyryk-type burial mounds i…
Radiocarbon Chronology of the Earliest Neolithic Sites in East Asia
The radiocarbon age of the earliest pottery from Russian Far East—Gromatukha and Osipovka cultures—is between around 13,300 BP and around 10,400 BP. This shows that the Amur River basin was one of the centers of origin of pottery in East Asia, at the end of the Pleistocene. Today, there are three areas within East Asia with pottery-associated 14 C dates between around 14,000 BP and 13,000 BP—southern China, the Japanese Isles, and Russian Far Eas…
Radiocarbon Chronology of Paleolithic and Neolithic Cultural Complexes from the Russian Far East
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Sources of archaeological volcanic glass in the Primorye (Maritime) Province, Russian Far East
Sources of archaeological volcanic glass in the Primorye (Maritime) Province, Russian Far East
Geochemical studies of volcanic glasses (obsidians and perlites) from geological outcrops (N = 80) and archaeological collections (N = 110) were performed in order to determine source provenance in Primorye (Russian Far East), using neutron activation analysis and X‐ray fluorescence spectrometry. Three major sources of archaeological volcanic glass were identified, two relatively local and one more remote. Several minor sources detected in the ar…
The earliest centres of pottery origin in the Russian Far East and Siberia
The earliest pottery from the Russian Far East, Osipovka and Gromatukha cultural complexes, was radiocarbon-dated to c. 13 300–12 300 BP. In Siberia, the earliest pottery is known from the Ust-Karenga complex, dated to c. 11 200–10 800 BP. The Osipovka and Gromatukha complexes belong to the Initial Neolithic, and they are contemporaneous with the earliest Neolithic cultures in southern China and Japan. In spite of the very early emergence of pott…
Sources of Archaeological Obsidian on Sakhalin Island (Russian Far East)
Comment on “Colonization of Northern Eurasia by Modern Humans
A Review of the Evidence for Extinction Chronologies for Five Species of Upper Pleistocene Megafauna in Siberia
A review of the radiocarbon chronology of some late Upper Pleistocene mammals from Siberia is presented. Previously published data has been supplemented by new 14 C dates for 5 species (woolly mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, bison, horse, and muskox) to reconstruct chronological extinction patterns. The final extinction of woolly rhinoceros and bison in Siberia can be dated to approximately 11,000–9700 BP, but some megafaunal species (woolly mammoth,…
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