V Pitulko
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 781314 |
|---|---|
| NOME | V Pitulko |
| PRENOMES | V |
| SOBRENOME | Pitulko |
| ASSINATURA | PITULKO V |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Institute of History of Material Culture |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5672-2756 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 42 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 303 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 42 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1992 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 10 |
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…
Searching for Domestication Signatures in Fossil Dogs and Wolves of Northern Eurasia. Part 1
Despite the long history of research, the problem of reliable morphological identification of fossil canids still stands, especially for the early stages of wolf/dog domestication. Mandibles are best preserved in geological record. Their morphology mostly allows reliable species identification of fossil canid bone remains. Based on the reference wolf and domestic dog samples from recent populations, we developed a method of species identification…
A Mammoth Tusk with Representational Engraving from the Yana Complex of Sites and Its Archaeological Context
Массовое изготовление предметов неутилитарного назначения, имеющих информационную сущность, характерно для культуры верхнего палеолита. Уникальная коллекция изделий подобного рода (подвески, бусины, орнаментированные диадемы и браслеты) происходит из Янского комплекса стоянок. Эти предметы отражают развитые представления о личности у населения арктической зоны Восточной Сибири ~32 тыс. л.н. и образуют трехуровневую информационную систему (распозн…
A Mammoth Tusk with Representational Engraving from the Yana Complex of Sites and Its Archaeological Context
Mass manufacture of non-utilitarian objects, which are informational in essence, is a characteristic feature of the Upper Paleolithic. A unique sample of such items (pendants, beads, decorated diadems, and bracelets) comes from the Yana complex of sites. These items testify to advanced views of identity, held by people of the Eastern Siberian Arctic ~32 ka BP. These views formed a three-level information system («friend or foe» recognition, intra…
Early history of parasitic diseases in northern dogs revealed by dog paleofeces from the 9000-year-old frozen Zhokhov site in the New Siberian Islands of East Siberian Arctic
Archaeology of Movement
Land Transportation Technology of the East Siberian Arctic People in the Early Holocene
Working dogs and dogsleds make a hallmark of historical culture in the North. However, it was always thought to be a relatively late invention. Excavations of the Zhokhov site yielded various artefacts including wooden parts of built-up sled and dog bone remains. Thus, as early as 9000 years ago, the arctic East Siberia settlers had developed a transport culture that also involved dog breeding. Such land transport technology facilitated move of m…
Zhokhov site sledges as a part of the land transportation system of the East Siberian Arctic dwellers 9000 years ago
The Zhokhov island site (76°06' N, 152°42' E) is one of the northernmost archaeological sites in the world indicating human development of these territories back in the early Holocene, about 9000 years ago, and provides the oldest evidence of human presence in the high latitudes. Its archaeological context secured by the permafrost, is of rare completeness and quality, and includes objects made of non-durable materials. Structural elements of dog…
Outlines of the Archaeological Study of the Stone Age in the Russian Eastern Arctic
The East Siberian Arctic is an enormous territory. In many respects it still remains little explored. The main matrix for assembling versatile knowledge about the nature and man of the region is the Bering Land concept. In this article, the history of the development of theorethical grounds of the research and exploration of the region is discussed. The history of human settlement in arctic West Beringia spans approximately 50,000 years. More tha…
Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Paleoclimatic Boundaries and Human Settlement of the East Siberian Arctic
В статье на основе имеющихся данных рассматривается археологическая летопись каменного века Восточно-Сибирской Арктики. Показано, что ее протяженность составляет примерно 50 тыс. лет, от ранней фазы МИС 3 до раннего голоцена. Выделяются три главных этапа расселения человека в пределах указанной территории: ранний (~50 000-~29 000 л.н., МИС 3), средний (~29 000-11 700 л.н., МИС 2) и поздний (от 11 700 до ~8 000 л.н.). Отмечено, что освоение северн…
Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Paleoenvironments, Human Settlement and Adaptations in the East Siberian Arctic
Archaeological record of the Stone Age in the East Siberian Arctic spans approximately 50,000 years. There are three main stages reflecting steps in human settlement of the Arctic Eurasia driven by various abiotic and biotic factors: early (~50 to ~29 ka, MIS 3); middle (~29 to ~ 11,7 ka, MIS 2) and late (from 11,7 to ~8 ka). Successful peopling of the Arctic was largely facilitated by adoption of critically important innovations such as sewing t…
Ecological Constraints and Drivers for Human Dispersals and Adaptations in the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Environments of the East Siberian Arctic
Starting roughly 50,000 years ago, the Arctic region of East Siberia remained continuously populated by groups of anatomically modern humans including the most uncomfortable episodes in the development of the late Quaternary environment; for some of them, human presence in the area became ephemeral. At present, archaeological fossil records allow for distinguishing three main stages in human occupation of the area: Early (~50 to ~29 ka, MIS 3), m…
Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Paleoclimatic Boundaries and Human Settlement of the East Siberian Arctic
This article examines archaeological records relating to the East Siberian Arctic in the Stone Age. It spans approximately 50,000 years, from the early stage of MIS 3 to the Early Holocene. Human settlement of the region can be divided into three main stages: early (~50,000–29,000 BP, MIS 3), middle (~29,000–11,700 BP, MIS 2), and late (11,700–8000 BP). The peopling of Arctic Eurasia and the cultural evolution in that part of the world were drive…
The Stone Age Sannikov Land
The New Siberian Islands are one of the most remote and hardly accessible regions of the Russian Arctic. Due to that, their discovery and initial study took about 300 years. For dozens of thousand years during the Late Pleistocene, this area was a part of drained arctic shelf, a part of which still existed around 9000 years ago. In certain sense, it was the Sannikov Land of the Stone Age. In 1914, the Zhokhov Island became the last one to be disc…
Geoarchaeology, Age and Chronology of the Zhokhov Site
The Zhokhov site, investigated in 1989–1990 and 2000–2005, is located at 76°N in a remote part of the East Siberian Arctic. Excavations yielded tens of thousands of artifacts and faunal remains including the oldest anthropological remains known in the high arctic regions up to date. The culture-bearing deposits appear to represent the backfill of ice wedge casts formed after the site was abandoned when the island area became isolated due to the d…
Beringia and the Settlement of the Western Hemisphere
Previously, we addressed the problem of what variable(s) limited widespread human settlement of the Americas before ~15 ka. We concluded that while non-modern human taxa (e. g., Neanderthals) probably did not inhabit high-latitude environments (due to cold climate and/ or low plant and animal productivity) and thus could not disperse in the Western Hemispherevia Beringia, modern humans likely were denied access to mid-latitude North America >15 k…
The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes
Domestication of horses fundamentally transformed long-range mobility and warfare 1 . However, modern domesticated breeds do not descend from the earliest domestic horse lineage associated with archaeological evidence of bridling, milking and corralling 2–4 at Botai, Central Asia around 3500 bc 3 . Other longstanding candidate regions for horse domestication, such as Iberia 5 and Anatolia 6 , have also recently been challenged. Thus, the genetic,…
Peopling the Americas
A widely accepted model for the peopling of the Americas postulates a source population in the Northeast Asian maritime region, which includes northern Japan. The model is based on similarities in stone artifacts (stemmed points) found in North American sites dating as early as 15,000 years ago and those of comparable age in Japan and neighboring regions of Northeast Asia. Here we show, on the basis of data and analyses in biological anthropology…
Cultural Layer in the Stone Age Sites of Northeastern Siberia
The phenomenon of the cultural layer is a fundamental concept of archaeology and the main object of study in the practice of field research. Despite this, its definition, surprisingly, still remains undeveloped. The widely known classical definition leaves many important questions unanswered. Thus, what about the horizon, formed in the past by redeposition of material, especially if this is not obvious? Can the bone-bearing horizon (for example, …
Permafrost Digging
Another perspective on the age and origin of the Berelyokh mammoth site—Comment to the paper published by Lozhkin and Anderson, Quaternary Research 89 (2018), 459–477
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The population history of northeastern Siberia since the Pleistocene
They came from the ends of the earth
Climate change and the deteriorating archaeological and environmental archives of the Arctic
Archaeological dogs from the Early Holocene Zhokhov site in the Eastern Siberian Arctic
Evidence from the Yana Palaeolithic site, Arctic Siberia, yields clues to the riddle of mammoth hunting
Mammoth ivory technologies in the Upper Palaeolithic
Processing of mammoth ivory and manufacturing of diverse ivory artefacts is widely recognized as one of the most important characteristics of the material culture of ancient humans. These technological skills reach their greatest extent and development shortly before the Last Glacial Maximum but are recognizable until the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary across Northern Eurasia in all areas populated by mammoths and humans. As a cultural phenomenon,…
Prelude to the extinction
Wooly mammoth mass accumulation next to the Paleolithic Yana RHS site, Arctic Siberia
The oldest art of the Eurasian Arctic
The excavated site termed Yana RHS is dated to about 28000 BP and contained a stunning assemblage of ornamented and symbolic objects—the earliest art to be excavated in the Arctic zone. Decorated beads, pendants and needles connect the site to the Eurasian Upper Palaeolithic; but other forms and ornaments are unparalleled. Shallow dishes and anthropomorphic designs on mammoth tusks find echoes among hunting practice and shamanistic images of the …
Climate change and the deteriorating archaeological and environmental archives of the Arctic
The extinction of the woolly mammoth and the archaeological record in Northeastern Asia
The extinction of the woolly mammoth has attracted public and scientific attention for nearly 200 years. Despite the efforts of generations of scholars, the role of human predation in mammoth extinction is one of the most intriguing questions that remain unanswered. Chronological and spatial distribution patterns suggest that mammoth extinction occurred primarily as a result of climate change. Human predation may have accelerated the process of e…
Mass accumulations of mammoth (mammoth ‘graveyards’) with indications of past human activity in the northern Yana-Indighirka lowland, Arctic Siberia
Reconstructing prey selection, hunting strategy and seasonality of the early Holocene frozen site in the Siberian High Arctic
The Zhokhov site is one of the northern most archaeological sites in the world and a very ancient vestige of occupation of high latitudes by people, indicating that this territory was settled as early as about 8000 years ago. Investigation of the site began in 1989–1990 and then continued in 2000–2005. Here we consider the taphonomy, spatial distribution, species and age- and sex-related composition of the faunal remains from the Zhokhov site. Th…
Archaeological dogs from the Early Holocene Zhokhov site in the Eastern Siberian Arctic
They came from the ends of the earth
The Berelekh Mammoth “Graveyard”
To clarify unanswered questions of site formation, geology and the archaeology of the Berelekh geoarchaeological complex, a special survey was undertaken in 2009 of the area surrounding the site. Several geological units have been revealed. By establishing the spatial and temporal relationship of these deposits—as well as their age—we have reconstructed the formation history of the Berelekh bone bed. The mammoth bone deposit belongs to a paleocha…
Principal Excavation Techniques Under Permafrost Conditions (Based on Zhokhov and Yana Sites, Northern Yakutia)
Techniques for excavating Stone Age sites overlaid by permanently frozen deposits are discussed. Two principal scenarios of excavations are suggested depending on the depth of overlying frozen deposits. The sine qua non of such excavations are devices for precise three-dimensional documentation, pumps and sieves for fl ushing, and devices for removing melt-water and spoil heaps. Techniques for forced thawing of sediments and conservation of artif…
Ancient humans in Eurasian arctic ecosystems
The history of northern peoples (as of all others) is, in general, a history of adaptations. In the Arctic, it begins around 15–16,000 BP or earlier, when Late Paleolithic mammoth hunters occupied Northeast Asia. This area was populated early because it remained ice free during the last glacia‐tion. The rest of the Eurasian Arctic was populated no later than the Early Holocene. Successful adaptations based on hunting animals of the 'mammoth compl…
A genetic perspective of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in the Siberian Arctic
Ostrova De-Longa
Data were obtained during an interdisciplinary project carried out on the Ostrova De-Longa (De Long Islands) in 1987–90. The archipelago—consisting ofthree islands discovered by an American expedition underGeorge Washington De Long in 1879—81 and two islands discovered by a Russian expedition led by Boris Vil'kitskiy in 1913— 14—have rarely been visited and even less investigated. Information relating to the glaciology, palaeogeography, flora, an…
Land Transportation Technology of the East Siberian Arctic People in the Early Holocene
Working dogs and dogsleds make a hallmark of historical culture in the North. However, it was always thought to be a relatively late invention. Excavations of the Zhokhov site yielded various artefacts including wooden parts of built-up sled and dog bone remains. Thus, as early as 9000 years ago, the arctic East Siberia settlers had developed a transport culture that also involved dog breeding. Such land transport technology facilitated move of m…
Zhokhov site sledges as a part of the land transportation system of the East Siberian Arctic dwellers 9000 years ago
The Zhokhov island site (76°06' N, 152°42' E) is one of the northernmost archaeological sites in the world indicating human development of these territories back in the early Holocene, about 9000 years ago, and provides the oldest evidence of human presence in the high latitudes. Its archaeological context secured by the permafrost, is of rare completeness and quality, and includes objects made of non-durable materials. Structural elements of dog…
Ecological Constraints and Drivers for Human Dispersals and Adaptations in the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Environments of the East Siberian Arctic
Starting roughly 50,000 years ago, the Arctic region of East Siberia remained continuously populated by groups of anatomically modern humans including the most uncomfortable episodes in the development of the late Quaternary environment; for some of them, human presence in the area became ephemeral. At present, archaeological fossil records allow for distinguishing three main stages in human occupation of the area: Early (~50 to ~29 ka, MIS 3), m…
Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Paleoclimatic Boundaries and Human Settlement of the East Siberian Arctic
This article examines archaeological records relating to the East Siberian Arctic in the Stone Age. It spans approximately 50,000 years, from the early stage of MIS 3 to the Early Holocene. Human settlement of the region can be divided into three main stages: early (~50,000–29,000 BP, MIS 3), middle (~29,000–11,700 BP, MIS 2), and late (11,700–8000 BP). The peopling of Arctic Eurasia and the cultural evolution in that part of the world were drive…
The Stone Age Sannikov Land
The New Siberian Islands are one of the most remote and hardly accessible regions of the Russian Arctic. Due to that, their discovery and initial study took about 300 years. For dozens of thousand years during the Late Pleistocene, this area was a part of drained arctic shelf, a part of which still existed around 9000 years ago. In certain sense, it was the Sannikov Land of the Stone Age. In 1914, the Zhokhov Island became the last one to be disc…
Beringia and the Settlement of the Western Hemisphere
Previously, we addressed the problem of what variable(s) limited widespread human settlement of the Americas before ~15 ka. We concluded that while non-modern human taxa (e. g., Neanderthals) probably did not inhabit high-latitude environments (due to cold climate and/ or low plant and animal productivity) and thus could not disperse in the Western Hemispherevia Beringia, modern humans likely were denied access to mid-latitude North America >15 k…
Cultural Layer in the Stone Age Sites of Northeastern Siberia
The phenomenon of the cultural layer is a fundamental concept of archaeology and the main object of study in the practice of field research. Despite this, its definition, surprisingly, still remains undeveloped. The widely known classical definition leaves many important questions unanswered. Thus, what about the horizon, formed in the past by redeposition of material, especially if this is not obvious? Can the bone-bearing horizon (for example, …
Methods of excavating stone age sites associated with permafrost
Ostrova De-Longa
Data were obtained during an interdisciplinary project carried out on the Ostrova De-Longa (De Long Islands) in 1987–90. The archipelago—consisting ofthree islands discovered by an American expedition underGeorge Washington De Long in 1879—81 and two islands discovered by a Russian expedition led by Boris Vil'kitskiy in 1913— 14—have rarely been visited and even less investigated. Information relating to the glaciology, palaeogeography, flora, an…
Ancient humans in Eurasian arctic ecosystems
The history of northern peoples (as of all others) is, in general, a history of adaptations. In the Arctic, it begins around 15–16,000 BP or earlier, when Late Paleolithic mammoth hunters occupied Northeast Asia. This area was populated early because it remained ice free during the last glacia‐tion. The rest of the Eurasian Arctic was populated no later than the Early Holocene. Successful adaptations based on hunting animals of the 'mammoth compl…
Holocene Stone Age of Northeastern Asia
The Yana RHS Site
A newly discovered Paleolithic site on the Yana River, Siberia, at 71°N, lies well above the Arctic circle and dates to 27,000 radiocarbon years before present, during glacial times. This age is twice that of other known human occupations in any Arctic region. Artifacts at the site include a rare rhinoceros foreshaft, other mammoth foreshafts, and a wide variety of tools and flakes. This site shows that people adapted to this harsh, high-latitude…
Methods of excavating stone age sites associated with permafrost
Principal Excavation Techniques Under Permafrost Conditions (Based on Zhokhov and Yana Sites, Northern Yakutia)
Techniques for excavating Stone Age sites overlaid by permanently frozen deposits are discussed. Two principal scenarios of excavations are suggested depending on the depth of overlying frozen deposits. The sine qua non of such excavations are devices for precise three-dimensional documentation, pumps and sieves for fl ushing, and devices for removing melt-water and spoil heaps. Techniques for forced thawing of sediments and conservation of artif…
Prelude to the extinction
The Berelekh quest
The Berelekh mammoth graveyard became known following its first scientific description in 1947. Both the “graveyard” and the “archaeological site” were investigated in the early 1970s, and then systematic investigations ended. This article reviews all the available data from a range of sources and provides a complete set of the 36 14 C dates so far obtained for the Berelekh geoarchaeological complex. The host deposits of the Berelekh bone bed (or…
Wooly mammoth mass accumulation next to the Paleolithic Yana RHS site, Arctic Siberia
The oldest art of the Eurasian Arctic
The excavated site termed Yana RHS is dated to about 28000 BP and contained a stunning assemblage of ornamented and symbolic objects—the earliest art to be excavated in the Arctic zone. Decorated beads, pendants and needles connect the site to the Eurasian Upper Palaeolithic; but other forms and ornaments are unparalleled. Shallow dishes and anthropomorphic designs on mammoth tusks find echoes among hunting practice and shamanistic images of the …
The extinction of the woolly mammoth and the archaeological record in Northeastern Asia
The extinction of the woolly mammoth has attracted public and scientific attention for nearly 200 years. Despite the efforts of generations of scholars, the role of human predation in mammoth extinction is one of the most intriguing questions that remain unanswered. Chronological and spatial distribution patterns suggest that mammoth extinction occurred primarily as a result of climate change. Human predation may have accelerated the process of e…
Evidence from the Yana Palaeolithic site, Arctic Siberia, yields clues to the riddle of mammoth hunting
The Berelekh Mammoth “Graveyard”
To clarify unanswered questions of site formation, geology and the archaeology of the Berelekh geoarchaeological complex, a special survey was undertaken in 2009 of the area surrounding the site. Several geological units have been revealed. By establishing the spatial and temporal relationship of these deposits—as well as their age—we have reconstructed the formation history of the Berelekh bone bed. The mammoth bone deposit belongs to a paleocha…
Reconstructing prey selection, hunting strategy and seasonality of the early Holocene frozen site in the Siberian High Arctic
The Zhokhov site is one of the northern most archaeological sites in the world and a very ancient vestige of occupation of high latitudes by people, indicating that this territory was settled as early as about 8000 years ago. Investigation of the site began in 1989–1990 and then continued in 2000–2005. Here we consider the taphonomy, spatial distribution, species and age- and sex-related composition of the faunal remains from the Zhokhov site. Th…
Mammoth ivory technologies in the Upper Palaeolithic
Processing of mammoth ivory and manufacturing of diverse ivory artefacts is widely recognized as one of the most important characteristics of the material culture of ancient humans. These technological skills reach their greatest extent and development shortly before the Last Glacial Maximum but are recognizable until the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary across Northern Eurasia in all areas populated by mammoths and humans. As a cultural phenomenon,…
A genetic perspective of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in the Siberian Arctic
Mass accumulations of mammoth (mammoth ‘graveyards’) with indications of past human activity in the northern Yana-Indighirka lowland, Arctic Siberia
Archaeological dogs from the Early Holocene Zhokhov site in the Eastern Siberian Arctic
Climate change and the deteriorating archaeological and environmental archives of the Arctic
Another perspective on the age and origin of the Berelyokh mammoth site—Comment to the paper published by Lozhkin and Anderson, Quaternary Research 89 (2018), 459–477
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
The population history of northeastern Siberia since the Pleistocene
They came from the ends of the earth
Permafrost Digging
The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes
Domestication of horses fundamentally transformed long-range mobility and warfare 1 . However, modern domesticated breeds do not descend from the earliest domestic horse lineage associated with archaeological evidence of bridling, milking and corralling 2–4 at Botai, Central Asia around 3500 bc 3 . Other longstanding candidate regions for horse domestication, such as Iberia 5 and Anatolia 6 , have also recently been challenged. Thus, the genetic,…
Peopling the Americas
A widely accepted model for the peopling of the Americas postulates a source population in the Northeast Asian maritime region, which includes northern Japan. The model is based on similarities in stone artifacts (stemmed points) found in North American sites dating as early as 15,000 years ago and those of comparable age in Japan and neighboring regions of Northeast Asia. Here we show, on the basis of data and analyses in biological anthropology…
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