title: Outlines of the Archaeological Study of the Stone Age in the Russian Eastern Arctic
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metadata.value: Pitulko, Vladimir V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2024-02-02T14:23:50Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2024-02-02T14:23:50Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Pitulko V. V. Outlines of the Archaeological Study of the Stone Age in the Russian Eastern Arctic. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2023, vol. 68, issue 4, pp. 991–1038. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2023.412
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2023.412
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/44786
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: 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 than two-century-
  long practice of archaeological study comprises three periods: the initial stage ending before
  WWII; post-war period, or Soviet stage (1940s to 1991); and the modern post-Soviet
  stage (1991 to the present day). Basic ideas on geology and paleogeography of the region were
  formed during the first two stages; then methodological grounds were expanded in archaeological
  studies. The first Pleistocene site was discovered in the area in the early 1970s. The
  knowledge on the ancient past of Beringia has been largely obtained within the modern stage
  of research when various evidence of the past human activity has been received, which enables
  to reconstruct the process of human settlement in the area. Unique objects of the world
  cultural heritage, such as Zhokhov and Yana sites, have been revealed. These materials allow
  identification of the complex technologies of the Stone Age, thanks to which people occupied
  these areas, and evaluation of the features of the socio-cultural development of the ancient
  population of the region. Results of the studies performed recently demonstrate a giant scholarly
  potential for further research in that area. Qualitative changes in the examination of the
  region are largely associated with the expansion of scholarly tools.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: This study is supported by the Russian Science Foundation project no. 21-18-00457 “Vital technology
  of the ancient settlers of the arctic Western Beringia in changing Late Pleistocene and Holocene landscapes:
  space management, site structures, and behavior”.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
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 68; Issue 4
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Stone Age
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: late Neopleistocene
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: early Holocene
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Arctic
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Western Beringia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: history of research and exploration
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: current state
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Outlines of the Archaeological Study of the Stone Age in the Russian Eastern Arctic
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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