Vladimir Borisovich Doronichev
Biographic Data
| ID | 72297 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vladimir Borisovich Doronichev |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vladimir Borisovich |
| FAMILY NAME | Doronichev |
| SIGNATURE | DORONICHEV V B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Préhistoire et Technologie |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0198-0250 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 55 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 409 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 54 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Étude multidisciplinaire de la spécialisation économique des sites du Paléolithique moyen final du Caucase du Nord-Ouest
On the border of cultural areas
Stress environnemental et repeuplement des Néandertaliens dans le Caucase du Nord-Ouest
Advantage of Modularity
On the Mousterian origin of bone-tipped hunting weapons in Europe
Late Glacial hunters in highlands
The Zagros Mousterian in the Zagros, Caucasus, and Armenian Highlands
The great technological and typological variability identified among the Middle Palaeolithic (MP) assemblages previously assigned to the Zagros Mousterian in the Zagros suggests that this industry is not a homogeneous cultural unit. The archaeological record from the Caucasus and Armenian highlands contributes important data to understand the variability of the Zagros Mousterian. The authors show that the long stratigraphic sequences of the caves…
Premières preuves du début de Néolithique céramique dans le Caucase du Nord
Functional Variability of Tools at Epipaleolithic Sites of the Elbrus Region
The goal of this paper is to report results of research of the influence that economic specifics of the Epipalaeolithic sites in the Elbrus region had on the composition of lithic industry. The traceological analysis made it possible to determine a functional variability of tools in sites dated from different age. Based on the correlation of the habitation activity index and technical, typological and traceological analyses, the sites dating afte…
Morphological Variability in Micoquian Convergent Tools
The northwestern Caucasus is part of the Eastern Micoquian cultural area. The Micoquian assemblages in this region include tool types that are defined as small broad handaxes, Mousterian points, convergent and angled scrapers, and rare limaces. All these types represent the group of convergent tools that are defined by two basic elements: two convergent retouched edges. The focus of this study is to investigate the significance of morphological v…
Stratégies d'habitat des chasseurs à l'Épipaléolithique de la région de l'Elbrouz, Nord Caucase
Épipaléolithique du Caucase du Nord-Centre
L’article présente les résultats des recherches menées dans des sites stratifiés du Caucase du Centre-Nord, qui ont conservé des dépôts de la fin du Pléistocène et du début de l’Holocène. On y trouve une reconstitution des conditions paléogéographiques de l’habitation de l’homme ancien, basée sur de nombreuses dates au radiocarbone. Une analyse technico-typologique détaillée des industries lithiques est ainsi fournie, et qui présente des analogie…
Armes de chasse dans l’Épipaléolithique du Caucase du Nord
New data on the formation of local variations in the Upper Paleolithic of the Caucasus
As of today, very few Upper Paleolithic sites are known on both the southern and the northern slopes of the Caucasus. Their materials allow tracing settlement dynamics in the region from 40/39 to 20 cal ka BP. The change of the research methodology, which today is focused on thorough excavations involving a range of natural science disciplines for complex investigation of the materials, including complete water sieving of the cultural de-posits, …
From the Epipaleolithic to the Middle Ages. Preliminary Research Results of the “Alebastroviy Zavod Rockshelter” in the Elbrus Region
The article reports the preliminary research results of a multilayer site, which comprises the cultural layers dating from the Middle Ages, Kuro-Araks culture, Eneolithic, Neolithic and Epipaleolithic. Of particular interest are the Neolithic layers dating from ca. 8.2 ka BP or 6.300 BC to 7.5–6.7 ka BP or 5.700–4.800 BC. The site shows not only the earliest evidence of the Ceramic Neolithic in the North Caucasus and also provides the authors an …
The first identification of composite paints with proteinaceous binder in Upper Palaeolithic (31–23 ka) organic decorations
The emergence of Late Acheulean pattern of bifact production and resharpening (on materials of Hugub locality, 600–500 ka, in Ethiopia)
The Hugub open-air site in Ethiopia well-dated to between 600 and 500 ka yields the earliest securely dated and found in situ Late Acheulean archaeology in Africa. The studied lithic assemblage includes numerous, often diminutive broad-tipped ovate and pointed bifaces, many of which are made on large flakes. These show the earliest evidence of intensive on-site resharpening thru modification and edge rejuvenation as well as the earliest use of th…
A morpho-technological analysis of bifaces from the Satani-Dar Locality in Armenia
In the Caucasus, one of the largest collections of Acheulean bifaces is known from the Satani-Dar locality in Armenia. Since the mid-20th century, bifaces from this site have been described using both traditional typological methods and a technological chaîne opératoire approach characteristics. In this paper, we report results of a morpho-technological analysis of biface reduction undertaken by L. Golovanova, verifying significance of variabilit…
"Oldowan" in the northern Caucasus – archaeology from the seabed or just geology
The authors discuss the geoarchaeological data indicating that the Oldowan-age assemblages, which are reported during the last years on the Taman peninsula, in the north-western Caucasus, and in Dagestan, in the north-eastern Caucasus, are found in the marine coast environment near the contact with the sea basin, with evidence for the presence of shallow water (in Muhkai II and other localities in Dagestan) or wave activity (in Kermek and other l…
Economic Specialization of Epipaleolithic Site in Layer 2 at Psytuaje Rockshelter in the Elbrus Region
A comprehensive study of Paleolithic sites using methods from different disciplines makes it possible to reconstruct the time, climate and paleogeography of the area where sites are located, to make assumptions about the strategies of life support and mobility of human groups. The study of stone industries, involving not only the standard technical and typological analysis, but also traceology, provides new data on the function of tools and the o…
Lithic Points in the Epipaleolithic of the North-Western Caucasus
The Epipaleolithic industries of the Caucasus, which have similar technical and typological characteristics, contain also a specific set of lithic points, which includes mainly symmetrically retouched points, the Gravette and microgravette points, and Vachons points, as well as more rare shouldered points and some other diverse forms. The majority of previous functional analyses of the Late Upper Paleolithic and Epipaleolithic lithic points did n…
The MIS 4 environmental stress impact on hominin occupation in the northwestern Caucasus
The stone industry transformations at the edge of Pleistocene and Holocene
The terminal Pleistocene –ea rly Holocene cultural continuity in the north-central Caucasus
Non-Levallois bifacial assemblages with Levallois cores – an eastern "anomaly" into a nice picture
In the eastern part of Europe, from the Carpathians in the west to the Caucasus in the south and the Volga River in the east, a number of sites have yilded lithic assemblages with bifacial leaf points and bifacial asymmetric knives, dating from OIS 7 to OIS 5 and representing the Early Middle Palaeolithic (EMP) Leaf Point industry. The results of technological analyses indicate that the flaking technology in these EMP assemblages is not aimed at …
The Middle Paleolithic of the Caucasus
A uniquely modern human pattern of endocranial development. Insights from a new cranial reconstruction of the Neandertal newborn from Mezmaiskaya
Significance of Ecological Factors in the Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition
For the first time, we have identified evidence that the disappearance of Neanderthals in the Caucasus coincides with a volcanic eruption at about 40,000 BP. Our data support the hypothesis that the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in western Eurasia correlates with a global volcanogenic catastrophe. The coeval volcanic eruptions (from a large Campanian Ignimbrite eruption to a smaller eruption in the Central Caucasus) had an unusually sudd…
Beyond the Acheulean
The emergence of bone-working and ornamental art in the Caucasian Upper Palaeolithic
New work from the Caucasus is revolutionising the timing and character of the shift from Neanderthals to early Modern humans in Eurasia. Here the authors reveal a powerful signal of that change from excavations at Mezmaiskaya: the abrupt appearance of a well-formed bone industry and ornaments
The Epipaleolithic of the Caucasus after the Last Glacial Maximum
Bifacial scraper-knives in the Micoquian sites in the North-Western Caucasus
The Pre-Mousterian industrial complex in Europe between 400 and 300 ka
New data about exploitation of the Zayukovo (Baksan) obsidian source in Northern Caucasus during the Paleolithic
The first Middle Palaeolithic site exhibiting obsidian industry on the northern slopes of the Central Caucasus
Modern research in the Caucasus involving both obsidian artefact characterisation and sourcing enhances our knowledge of the early exploitation and exchange of this raw material (Le Bourdonnec et al. 2012; Montoya et al. 2013; Chatainger & Gratuze 2014; Doronicheva & Shackley 2014; Frahm et al. 2014; Pleurdeau et al. 2016
The dynamics of stone industry transformation at the interface of lower and Middle Paleolithic in the Northwestern Caucasus
The first laminar Mousterian obsidian industry in the north-central Caucasus, Russia (preliminary results of a multi-disciplinary research at Saradj-Chuko Grotto)
The stone industry transformations at the edge of Pleistocene and Holocene
From the Epipaleolithic to the Middle Ages. Preliminary Research Results of the “Alebastroviy Zavod Rockshelter” in the Elbrus Region
The article reports the preliminary research results of a multilayer site, which comprises the cultural layers dating from the Middle Ages, Kuro-Araks culture, Eneolithic, Neolithic and Epipaleolithic. Of particular interest are the Neolithic layers dating from ca. 8.2 ka BP or 6.300 BC to 7.5–6.7 ka BP or 5.700–4.800 BC. The site shows not only the earliest evidence of the Ceramic Neolithic in the North Caucasus and also provides the authors an …
Early ontogeny of humeral trabecular bone in Neandertals and recent modern humans
Suggested guidelines for invasive sampling of hominid remains
Geometric Microliths in the Upper Paleolithic of the Caucasus and Adjacent Territories
At present, the sites of the Upper Paleolithic of the Caucasus with an age ranging from 25–23 to 12–10 ka cal BP it is proposed to single out a separate period – the Epipaleolithic, by analogy with the Near East. This article summarizes data on the appearance of geometric microliths in the Epipaleolithic of the Caucasus and traces their changes during three main stages. The study is based on stratified assemblages with radiocarbon dates. The prob…
Long-distance contacts and social networks of the Upper Palaeolithic humans in the North-Western Caucasus (on data from Mezmaiskaya Cave, Russia)
Lithic Points in the Epipaleolithic of the North-Western Caucasus
The Epipaleolithic industries of the Caucasus, which have similar technical and typological characteristics, contain also a specific set of lithic points, which includes mainly symmetrically retouched points, the Gravette and microgravette points, and Vachons points, as well as more rare shouldered points and some other diverse forms. The majority of previous functional analyses of the Late Upper Paleolithic and Epipaleolithic lithic points did n…
The terminal Pleistocene –ea rly Holocene cultural continuity in the north-central Caucasus
On the Mousterian origin of bone-tipped hunting weapons in Europe
The Zagros Mousterian in the Zagros, Caucasus, and Armenian Highlands
The great technological and typological variability identified among the Middle Palaeolithic (MP) assemblages previously assigned to the Zagros Mousterian in the Zagros suggests that this industry is not a homogeneous cultural unit. The archaeological record from the Caucasus and Armenian highlands contributes important data to understand the variability of the Zagros Mousterian. The authors show that the long stratigraphic sequences of the caves…
Morphological Variability in Micoquian Convergent Tools
The northwestern Caucasus is part of the Eastern Micoquian cultural area. The Micoquian assemblages in this region include tool types that are defined as small broad handaxes, Mousterian points, convergent and angled scrapers, and rare limaces. All these types represent the group of convergent tools that are defined by two basic elements: two convergent retouched edges. The focus of this study is to investigate the significance of morphological v…
The first identification of composite paints with proteinaceous binder in Upper Palaeolithic (31–23 ka) organic decorations
The Middle Paleolithic of the Caucasus
Neanderthal brain size at birth provides insights into the evolution of human life history
From birth to adulthood, the human brain expands by a factor of 3.3, compared with 2.5 in chimpanzees [DeSilva J and Lesnik J (2006) Chimpanzee neonatal brain size: Implications for brain growth in Homo erectus. J Hum Evol 51: 207–212]. How the required extra amount of human brain growth is achieved and what its implications are for human life history and cognitive development are still a matter of debate. Likewise, because comparative fossil evi…
Suggested guidelines for invasive sampling of hominid remains
Targeted Retrieval and Analysis of Five Neandertal mtDNA Genomes
Economic Ancient DNA Sequencing Analysis of ancient DNA is often limited by the availability of ancient material for sequencing. Briggs et al. (p. 318 ; see the news story by Pennisi ) describe a method of ancient DNA sequence retrieval that greatly reduces shotgun sequencing costs while avoiding the many difficulties associated with direct PCR-based approaches. They generated five complete and one near-complete Neandertal mitochondrial DNA genom…
ESR Dating at Hominid and Archaeological Sites During the Pleistocene
Beyond the Acheulean
A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome
Neandertals, the closest evolutionary relatives of present-day humans, lived in large parts of Europe and western Asia before disappearing 30,000 years ago. We present a draft sequence of the Neandertal genome composed of more than 4 billion nucleotides from three individuals. Comparisons of the Neandertal genome to the genomes of five present-day humans from different parts of the world identify a number of genomic regions that may have been aff…
The emergence of bone-working and ornamental art in the Caucasian Upper Palaeolithic
New work from the Caucasus is revolutionising the timing and character of the shift from Neanderthals to early Modern humans in Eurasia. Here the authors reveal a powerful signal of that change from excavations at Mezmaiskaya: the abrupt appearance of a well-formed bone industry and ornaments
Significance of Ecological Factors in the Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition
For the first time, we have identified evidence that the disappearance of Neanderthals in the Caucasus coincides with a volcanic eruption at about 40,000 BP. Our data support the hypothesis that the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in western Eurasia correlates with a global volcanogenic catastrophe. The coeval volcanic eruptions (from a large Campanian Ignimbrite eruption to a smaller eruption in the Central Caucasus) had an unusually sudd…
Revised age of late Neanderthal occupation and the end of the Middle Paleolithic in the northern Caucasus
Advances in direct radiocarbon dating of Neanderthal and anatomically modern human (AMH) fossils and the development of archaeostratigraphic chronologies now allow refined regional models for Neanderthal–AMH coexistence. In addition, they allow us to explore the issue of late Neanderthal survival in regions of Western Eurasia located within early routes of AMH expansion such as the Caucasus. Here we report the direct radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating of…
Le Paléolithique ancien de l’Europe orientale et du Caucase
The Epipaleolithic of the Caucasus after the Last Glacial Maximum
A uniquely modern human pattern of endocranial development. Insights from a new cranial reconstruction of the Neandertal newborn from Mezmaiskaya
The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains
The Pre-Mousterian industrial complex in Europe between 400 and 300 ka
The dynamics of stone industry transformation at the interface of lower and Middle Paleolithic in the Northwestern Caucasus
Bifacial scraper-knives in the Micoquian sites in the North-Western Caucasus
The first Middle Palaeolithic site exhibiting obsidian industry on the northern slopes of the Central Caucasus
Modern research in the Caucasus involving both obsidian artefact characterisation and sourcing enhances our knowledge of the early exploitation and exchange of this raw material (Le Bourdonnec et al. 2012; Montoya et al. 2013; Chatainger & Gratuze 2014; Doronicheva & Shackley 2014; Frahm et al. 2014; Pleurdeau et al. 2016
New data about exploitation of the Zayukovo (Baksan) obsidian source in Northern Caucasus during the Paleolithic
New data on the Paleolithic of Elbrus Region
The first laminar Mousterian obsidian industry in the north-central Caucasus, Russia (preliminary results of a multi-disciplinary research at Saradj-Chuko Grotto)
Dynamique du climat et du peuplement du Caucase Nord-Central au tournant du Pléistocène et de l’Holocène
Nouveau site du Paléolithique Moyen dans le Caucase Central (résultats préliminaires des études complexes)
Nouvelles données sur l’utilisation des matières premières lithiques et la mobilité pendant le Paléolithique moyen du Caucase du Nord
Psytuaje rockshelter – A new site documenting the final of the Epipalaeolithic in the north-central Caucasus, Russia
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (52 works) · Geography (47 works) · Archaeology (42 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (41 works) · Geology (29 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (25 works) · Cave (16 works) · Paleontology (16 works) · Middle Paleolithic (14 works) · Pleistocene (14 works)