Book

Early cultures of northeastern Asia

U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Shared Beringian Heritage Program • [Anchorage, Ak] • Published In 2004 • Pages:

By: Dikov, Nikolaæi Nikolaevich, Bland, Richard L..

Abstract

Dikov describes the early stone-tool-using cultures of northeastern Russia from the Paleolithic up to the first Russian explorers in the 16th to 17th centuries A.D. Part of his goal was to examine the cross-cultural influences as seen in the stone tool types between the Old World and the New World across the Bering Strait. Only the sites and information that pertain to the Tarya Neolithic (or Tar'in) were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects. These sites are found in the Kamchatka river valley and Avacha Bay, Kamchatka; Russia. In the Kamchatka river valley these sites had similar stratigraphy due to volcanic ash fall. Ushki Cultural Layers II-IV were indexed as pertaining to the Tarya Neolithic. The location of the sites, stone tools, and labrets are discussed in detail.

HRAF PubDate

2000

Region

Asia

Sub Region

North Asia

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Sarah Berry ; 2006

Field Date

1955-1975

Coverage Date

Neolithic (5000-2000 BP)

Coverage Place

Kamchatka, Russia

Notes

by Nikolai N. Dikov ; translated by Richard L. Bland

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-327)

LCCN

2004451366

LCSH

Russia, Northern--Antiquities/ Russian Far East (Russia)--Antiquities