scholarly journals Obsidian provenance studies in the far eastern and northeastern regions of Russia and exchange networks in the prehistory of Northeast Asia

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 296-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav V. Kuzmin
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Northeast Asia ◽  
Amur River Basin ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Provenance Studies ◽  
Northeastern Siberia ◽  
Far Eastern ◽  
Regions Of Russia

This overview is based on the results of 25+ years of provenance studies to identify the sources of high-quality volcanic glass (obsidian) in prehistoric cultural complexes of the far eastern and northeastern regions of Russia (Maritime Province, the Amur River basin, Sakhalin Island, the Kurile Islands, Kamchatka Peninsula, Chukotka region, the Kolyma River basin, and the High Arctic), as well as in adjacent parts of Northeast Asia (Hokkaido Island, the Korean Peninsula, and Manchuria). The extended networks of obsidian exchange in antiquity are reconstructed for the southern Russian Far East and Northeastern Siberia. A possible mechanism of long-distance obsidian exchange/trade in Northeastern Siberia is suggested.

scholarly journals Obsidian provenance studies in the far eastern and northeastern regions of Russia and exchange networks in the prehistory of Northeast Asia

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 296-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav V. Kuzmin
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Northeast Asia ◽  
Amur River Basin ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Provenance Studies ◽  
Northeastern Siberia ◽  
Far Eastern ◽  
Regions Of Russia

This overview is based on the results of 25+ years of provenance studies to identify the sources of high-quality volcanic glass (obsidian) in prehistoric cultural complexes of the far eastern and northeastern regions of Russia (Maritime Province, the Amur River basin, Sakhalin Island, the Kurile Islands, Kamchatka Peninsula, Chukotka region, the Kolyma River basin, and the High Arctic), as well as in adjacent parts of Northeast Asia (Hokkaido Island, the Korean Peninsula, and Manchuria). The extended networks of obsidian exchange in antiquity are reconstructed for the southern Russian Far East and Northeastern Siberia. A possible mechanism of long-distance obsidian exchange/trade in Northeastern Siberia is suggested.

New taxa in Arundinella and Calamagrostis (Poaceae) from the Russian Far East

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
N. S. Probatova
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Chromosome Numbers ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Amur Region ◽  
Amur River Basin ◽  
Amur River ◽  
The Amur River ◽  
The Russian Far East

Calamagrostis are described from the Russian Far East. Chromosome numbers are reported for two new taxa. Calamagrostis burejensis Prob. et Barkalov, 2n = 28 (sect. Calamagrostis), C. zejensis Prob., 2n = 28 (sect. Deyeuxia), and C. × amgunensis Prob. (C. amurensis Prob. × C. neglecta (Ehrh.) G. Gaertn., B. Mey. et Scherb. s. l.) are described from the Amur River basin (Amur Region or Khabarovsk Territory); Arundinella rossica Prob. (sect. Hirtae) and Calamagrostis kozhevnikovii Prob. et Prokopenko (sect. Calamagrostis) from Primorye Territory.

A new species of Nemoura Latreille (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Amur River Basin (South of the Russian Far East)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4472 (1) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
VALENTINA A. TESLENKO ◽  
LOUIS BOUMANS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
Amur River Basin ◽  
Amur River ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
A New Species ◽  
The Russian Far East

Nemoura sirotskii sp. n. (Plecoptera, Nemouridae) is described as a new stonefly species from the tributary streams of Zeya Reservoir (Amur River Basin) in the south of the Russian Far East. Detailed descriptions and illustrations are provided for the larvae and adult specimens. The diagnostic characters distinguishing it from sympatric species N. arctica are discussed. 

scholarly journals An updated checklist of Chironomidae (Diptera) from the Amur River basin (Russian Far East)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadezhda M. Yavorskaya ◽  
Marina A. Makarchenko ◽  
Oksana V. Orel ◽  
Eugenyi A. Makarchenko
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Amur River Basin ◽  
Term Study ◽  
Amur River ◽  
Long Term Study ◽  
The Amur River

A long-term study implemented in the Amur River basin enabled us to generate an updated checklist of 606 valid species in Chironomidae (Diptera) which are composed of 129 genera and six subfamilies, with 98 (17%) described new species belonging to 46 genera. Among the 98 recently described species, 46 ones (45%), were considered as possible endemics and sub-endemics. The numbers of species and genera by subfamilies is as follows: Podonominae (3 species; 3 genera), Tanypodinae (17; 9), Diamesinae (25; 11), Prodiamesinae (7; 3), Orthocladiinae (307; 57) and Chironominae (247; 46). The higher numbers of species (421 and 410, respectively) were recorded in the Lower and Middle parts of the Amur River basin, as compared with the Upper part of the basin. Most of the recorded chironomids (387 species, 67%) are Palaearctic in distribution, while others (191, 33%) are widely Holarctic. Species with Palaearctic distribution mostly have the following range types: East Palaearctic continental (23%); East Palaearctic continental-insular (20%); Palaearctic transpalaearctic (14%); Palaearctic amphi-Eurasian (10%).

scholarly journals 14C Chronology of Stone Age Cultures in the Russian Far East

Radiocarbon ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 675-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav V. Kuzmin ◽  
A. J. T. Jull ◽  
Lyobov A. Orlova ◽  
Leopold D. Sulerzhitsky
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Upper Paleolithic ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Amur River Basin ◽  
Amur River ◽  
The Russian Far East

Ca. 150 unequivocal 14C dates from the prehistoric cultures in the Russian Far East can be used to elucidate chrono-cultural boundaries in that region. Microblade technology started as early as ca. 20,000 bp, and continued to exist in the middle Amur River basin until ca. 10,500 bp, and in Primorye until ca. 7800 bp. The emergence of pottery-making in the lower Amur River basin goes back to ca. 13,300 bp. The transition from Upper Paleolithic to Neolithic took place during the time interval 13,300–7800 bp and pottery was widely spread in the Russian Far East by ca. 6700–8400 bp. The first evidence of shellfish collection is estimated to ca. 6400 bp at Peter the Great Gulf coast, Sea of Japan. The beginning of agriculture in Primorye, based on finding of both millet seeds (Setaria italica L.) and pollen of cultivated cereals (Cerealia), is 14C-dated to ca. 4200–3700 bp (ca. 1980–2900 cal BC). The Neolithic/Early Iron Age boundary was estimated at ca. 3100–3300 bp (1400–1600 cal BC) in the mainland Russian Far East, and to ca. 1800–2300 bp (400 cal BC–200 cal ad) on the Sakhalin and southern Kuril Islands.

New or little-known species of Chaetocladius s. str. Kieffer, 1911 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) from the Amur River basin (Russian Far East)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4247 (3) ◽  
pp. 313 ◽  
Author(s):  
EUGENYI A. MAKARCHENKO ◽  
MARINA A. MAKARCHENKO ◽  
ALEXANDER A. SEMENCHENKO
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Interspecific Variation ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Amur River Basin ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Amur River ◽  
The Amur River

Chironomids of the subgenus Chaetocladius s. str. from the Amur River basin are revised using both morphological characters and molecular data. Three new species, C. egorych sp. nov., C. lopatinskiy sp. nov. and C. yavorskayae sp. nov., are described and figured. The pupa of C. fedotkin is described for the first time. Adult males of C. ligni and C. piger, little-known in the Far East, are redescribed and annotated, and key to males of the Chaetocladius s. str. from the Amur River basin is provided. A reference 658 bp barcode sequence from a fragment of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome oxidase I (COI) was used as a tool for species delimitation. Comparisons with corresponding regions of COI between 5 species in the subgenus produced K2P genetic distances of 8.3–12.6%, values well associated with interspecific variation. Molecular data were also used for the reconstruction of the phylogenetic relationships within the subgenus Chaetocladius s. str. 

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