title: Geoarchaeology, Age and Chronology of the Zhokhov Site
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metadata.value: Pitulko, Vladimir V.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Pavlova, Elena Y.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2023-02-07T14:14:10Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-02-07T14:14:10Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Pitulko V. V., Pavlova E. Y. Geoarchaeology, Age and Chronology of the Zhokhov Site. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2022, vol. 67, issue 4, рp. 1253–1295. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2022.413
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2022.413
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/39015
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: 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 development of
  the post-glacial marine transgression. A large sample of radiocarbon ages obtained on various
  materials (n = 102) provides a chronology for the site, which was occupied 8300–7800 14С
  years ago. There were multiple occupation episodes, but it is not possible to estimate their
  duration with precision (within less than 50–100 years). The most intense human activity
  occurred within the interval 8050–7900 radiocarbon years BP, or ca. 9000 calBP but overall
  human occupation of the site spans roughly 2000 years. This is the oldest known archaeological
  site in the high-latitude Arctic. The identification and analysis of habitation episodes at the
  Zhokhov site has important implications for the study of Palaeolithic sites. The radiocarbon
  chronology indicates that repeated / cyclic human habitation at the same place is possible for
  up to 2000 years and possibly longer. Repeated or cyclic human occupation in the Zhokhov
  island area was possible due to locally available food and material resources. Thus, the radiocarbon
  dates provide more than chronomentric or chronological data; they are a source of
  information source about human ecology and its role in the evolution of culture.
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metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: Investigations of the Zhokhov site that yielded the results discussed here were conducted during the Zhokhov-
  2000 research project in 2000–2005 with the support of a private research foundation, the Rock Foundation
  of New York, NY, USA Currently, our research is developing under support of the Russian Science Foundation,
  project No. 16-18-10265P and No. 21-18-00457.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 67; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Zhokhov site
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: arctic Stone Age
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: geoarchaeology
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: site formation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: radioacarbon dating
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: chronometry
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: chronology
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: habitation episodes
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: human behavior
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: cultural complexity
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: subsistence patterns
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Geoarchaeology, Age and Chronology of the Zhokhov Site
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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