Quaternary Research, volume 114, pages 1-21
The unique Late Paleolithic artifactual bone assemblage from the Volchia Griva site, Western Siberia
Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2023-03-06
Earth-Surface Processes
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
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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 mammoth femur was previously used as a retoucher, as evinced by the impressions and cut marks. Incisions were detected on the polar fox cranium, indicating skinning. According to two 14C dates, the age of the remains is 19.3–19.1 ka BP. Palynological analysis of the cavity fill shows a forb-grass steppe at that time. The assemblage, which has no known analogues, is a reflection of prehistoric culture. This extraordinary find most likely is evidence of the ritual behavior of people who lived in the south of Western Siberia during the last glacial maximum. The assemblage was accompanied by a large number of fox remains, and lithic artifacts identical to bladelet-based Late Paleolithic industries of Siberia and the Middle Urals.
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Leshchinskiy S. et al. The unique Late Paleolithic artifactual bone assemblage from the Volchia Griva site, Western Siberia // Quaternary Research. 2023. Vol. 114. pp. 1-21.
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Leshchinskiy S., Zenin V. N., Burkanova E. M., Kuzmin Y. V. The unique Late Paleolithic artifactual bone assemblage from the Volchia Griva site, Western Siberia // Quaternary Research. 2023. Vol. 114. pp. 1-21.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1017/qua.2023.4
UR - https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fqua.2023.4
TI - The unique Late Paleolithic artifactual bone assemblage from the Volchia Griva site, Western Siberia
T2 - Quaternary Research
AU - Leshchinskiy, Sergey
AU - Zenin, Vasiliy N
AU - Burkanova, Elena M
AU - Kuzmin, Yaroslav V
PY - 2023
DA - 2023/03/06 00:00:00
PB - Cambridge University Press
SP - 1-21
VL - 114
SN - 0033-5894
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@article{2023_Leshchinskiy,
author = {Sergey Leshchinskiy and Vasiliy N Zenin and Elena M Burkanova and Yaroslav V Kuzmin},
title = {The unique Late Paleolithic artifactual bone assemblage from the Volchia Griva site, Western Siberia},
journal = {Quaternary Research},
year = {2023},
volume = {114},
publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
month = {mar},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fqua.2023.4},
pages = {1--21},
doi = {10.1017/qua.2023.4}
}