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Neolith of Eastern Transbaikalia of East Siberia

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1Novosibirsk State University

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ABSTRACT

The article is devoted to the results of the study of the archaeology of the Neolithic period the Eastern areas of the Zabaikalsky Krai in Siberia (Russia) during the last century. The characteristic of different types of archaeological sites of this period, including sites, separate burials and burial grounds, petroglyphs. The existence of burial complexes is a feature of the researched region, whereas they are rare in basin Amur river of the Neolithic, which belongs to the Eastern Transbaikalia. Economic-cultural type of the Neolithic population of the region was determined by the landscape-climatic conditions. In taiga zone they were hunters of deer, elk, roe deer. In the steppe zone were also hunters. They hunted koulan, horse, Mongolian Gazelle and saiga. Hunting was carried out with the use of a bow, including composite design. In the coastal zone of rivers and lakes people were engaged in fishing. Time of appearance of ceramics in Eastern Transbaikalia is seventh Millennium BC. Typical pottery was the vessels with a round bases and narrow bases. The article concludes that today in the Russian archeology does not exist commonly cultural and chronological scheme of the Neolithic period in Eastern Transbaikalia. It is connected with the irregularity of the researching of the territory. However, it is possible to identify some local peculiarities.

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