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Holocene vegetation history

late quaternary environments of the soviet unionMinneapolisPublished In 1984 • Pages: 179-200

By: Khotinskiĭ, N. A. (Nikita Aleksandrovich).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Khotinskiĭ describes the history of Holocene vegetation in the former USSR from European Russia through Siberia, starting with the Alleröd period and concluding with the beginning of the Sub-Atlantic period (ca. 16,000-2500 BP). Using data from about a thousand pollen diagrams and seven hundred radiocarbon dates, Khotinskiĭ compiles pollen diagrams and vegetation maps used to describe the changes in tree species and nonarboreal pollen from the Pre-Boreal through Sub-Atlantic periods (ca. 10,300-750 BP) that reflect changes in the climate. Khotinskiĭ points out that there were unique vegetation zones in the past, as present-day vegetation zones shifted and formed assemblages that do not exist today; also attributable to distinctive climatic conditions in the past.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Climate
Flora
Chronologies and culture sequences
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Eastern European Mesolithic
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2017
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Europe
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Europe
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Paleobotanist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Sarah Berry; 2014
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date given
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
16,000-4500 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
European Russia and Ukraine
NotesAdditional notes
N. A. Khotinskiy
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-200)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
83025892
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Paleobiogeography--Soviet Union
Paleoclimatology--Soviet Union