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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814422503321

Autore

Turner Christy G.

Titolo

Animal teeth and human tools : a taphonomic odyssey in ice age Siberia / / Christy G. Turner II, Arizona State University, Nicolai D. Ovodov, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Novosibirsk, Olga V. Pavlova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-139-88960-5

1-107-06540-2

1-107-05478-8

1-139-34336-X

1-107-05806-6

1-107-05939-9

1-107-05585-7

1-107-05693-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 490 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

947/.01

Soggetti

Tools, Prehistoric - Russia (Federation) - Siberia

Teeth, Fossil - Russia (Federation) - Siberia

Excavations (Archaeology) - Russia (Federation) - Siberia

Paleontology - Russia (Federation) - Siberia

Siberia (Russia) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. What is perimortem taphonomy, and why study it in Siberia? -- 2. Bone damage and its meaning -- 3. The 30 Siberian archaeological and palaeontological sites, distributed from the Ob River to the Sea of Japan -- 4. Discussion: analyses, comparisons, inferences, and hypotheses -- 5. Conclusions for seven questions.

Sommario/riassunto

The culmination of more than a decade of fieldwork and related study, this unique book uses analyses of perimortem taphonomy in Ice Age Siberia to propose a new hypothesis for the peopling of the New World. The authors present evidence based on examinations of more than 9000 pieces of human and carnivore bone from 30 late Pleistocene



archaeological and palaeontological sites, including cave and open locations, which span more than 2000 miles from the Ob River in the West to the Sea of Japan in the East. The observed bone damage signatures suggest that the conventional prehistory of Siberia needs revision and, in particular, that cave hyenas had a significant influence on the lives of Ice Age Siberians. The findings are supported by more than 250 photographs, which illustrate the bone damage described and provide a valuable insight into the context and landscape of the fieldwork for those unfamiliar with Siberia.