Institute of Geology of Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch RAS, Pervomayskaya st., 54, Syktyvkar, 167982, Russia [silaev@geo.komisc.ru]

Institute of Geology of Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch RAS, Pervomayskaya st., 54, Syktyvkar, 167982, Russia [shanina@geo.komisc.ru]

Institute of Geology of Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch RAS, Pervomayskaya st., 54, Syktyvkar, 167982, Russia [smolewa@ geo.komisc.ru]

Zavaritsky Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of the Ural Branch RAS, ak. Vonsovskogo st., 15, Yekaterinburg, 620016, Russia [podarenka@mail.ru]

Zavaritsky Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of the Ural Branch RAS, ak. Vonsovskogo st., 15, Yekaterinburg, 620016, Russia [nv9090222249@yandex.ru]

Institute of Geology of Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch RAS, Pervomayskaya st., 54, Syktyvkar, 167982, Russia [akhazov@geo.komisc.ru]

Institute of Biology of Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch RAS, Kommunisticheskaya st., 28, Syktyvkar, 167982, Russia [tumanova@ib.komisc.ru]

Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History Karelian Research Centre RAS, Kommunisticheskaya st., 28, Syktyvkar, 167982, Russia [ppavlov120@gmail.com]

Resume. The paper presents the results of complex mineralogical and geochemical studies of horse bones from the Early Upper Paleolithic site of Zaozer’e (Middle Ural). The research is based on modern physicochemical, mineralogical and geochemical methods of analysis. The bones under study were radiocarbon dated, and detailed consideration was given to the conditions of their deposition. The results of isotopic studies indicate that the Pleistocene horses of Zaozer’e lived in a moderately cold boreal climate with prolonged snowy winters and relatively short warm summers. The habitat of these animals was an area of transition from grassy woodlands to steppes, dominated by meadow grasses, wild cereals, spruce, pine and birch.

Keywords: Ural, Pleistocene horses, mineralogical and geochemical studies, Paleolithic, paleoenvironmental reconstructions.

Received 20.12.2018, revised 12.03.2019, accepted 22.04.2019.

DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2019-2-35-77

For citation: Silaev V. I., Shanina S. N., Smoleva I. V., Kiseleva D. V., Cherednichenko N. V., Khazov A. F., Tumanova E. A., Pavlov P. Yu. Testing the use of mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of fossil bone remains as a tool for reconstructing paleolandscapes at the Paleolithic site of Zaozer’e (Middle Urals). Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 2019 (2), 35-77 (in Russ.). DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2019-2-35-77

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