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Ostrova De-Longa: an analysis of palaeoenvironmental data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Vyacheslav Makeyev ,
Vladimir Pitul'ko  and
Aleksey Kasparov
Vyacheslav Makeyev
Affiliation:
Arctic and Antarctic Scientific Research Institute, Beringa ul. 38, St Petersburg 199226, Russia, CIS
Vladimir Pitul'ko
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, Dvortsovaya 18, St Petersburg 191065, Russia, CIS
Aleksey Kasparov
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, Dvortsovaya 18, St Petersburg 191065, Russia, CIS
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Abstract

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, and palaeozoology from the end of the Pleistocene and the Early Holocene was studied. Traces of a Mesolithic culture from as far back as 8000 BP were discovered on Ostrov Zhokhova, and information about the adaptive capabilities and hunting practices of this aboriginal culture was obtained. Excavations indicate that the site explored on Ostrov Zhokhova is one of the oldest in the high Arctic.

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Polar Record , Volume 28 , Issue 167 , October 1992 , pp. 301 - 306
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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