Angara region
PDFArchaeological cultures of the Early Upper Palaeolithic of the Angara basin are concentrated in the southern part of the region, in the area of Irkutsk (Military Hospital, Schapovo, Gerasimova-1 site, Mamony) and of the Tunkinsky basin (Tuyana). Ust-Kova is the farthest site. It is located in the lower reaches of the river Angara. In general, the sites date from the Early Upper Paleolithic (25-30 - 35-40 thousand BP) and indicate the active development of Man in this region. The collections are known for ornamented artifacts made of ivory and semi-precious stones: there are fragments of bracelets, drilled pebbles, items with ornamented regular cuts along the edge, beads, pendants. Sculpture was also found. In the Neolithic era, there has been a surge in artistic creation represented by unique artifacts made of bone and horn known mainly from excavations of necropolises.
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Publications
Vasil'evskij R. S., Burilov V. V., Drozdov N. I. Arheologicheskie pamyatniki Severnogo Priangar'ya. – Novosibirsk, Nauka, 1988. – 244 s.
Vasil'evskij R. S., Drozdov N. I. Paleoliticheskie skul'pturnye izobrazheniya iz Vostochnoj Sibiri // Plastika i risunki drevnih kul'tur – Novosibirsk, Nauka, 1983. – S. 59–65
Kogaj S. A., Lipnina E. A., Medvedev G. I. i dr. Paleoliticheskoe mestonahozhdenie Gerasimova – I: novaya zhizn' Pereselencheskogo punkta I// Problemy arheologii, antropologii i etnografii Sibiri i sopredel'nyh territorij. Mat-y godovoj sessii IAET SO RAN. T. 13. Novosibirsk, 2007. S. 110 - 113
Kogaj S.A., Rogovskoj E.O. Ornamentirovannye predmety iz raskopok paleoliticheskogo mestonahozhdeniya Mamony II (Irkutsk) // Izvestiya Irkutsk. gos. un-ta. Seriya «Geoarheologiya. Etnologiya. Antropologiya». – 2013. – № 1 (2) – S. 62–70.
Kamennyj vek YUzhnogo Priangar'ya. Tom 1 i 2. (red. G. I Medvedev). Irkutsk: izd-vo IGU, 2001.
Hronostratigrafiya paleoliticheskih pamyatnikov Srednej Sibiri (bassejn Eniseya). Putevoditel' ekskursii Mezhdunarodnogo simpoziuma / Drozdov N. I., CHekha V. P., Lauhin S. A., Akimova E. V., Kol'cova V. G., Artem'ev E. V., Bokarev A. A., Leont'ev V. P., Vikulov A. A.– Novosibirsk: Izd-vo Instituta istorii, filologii i filosofii SO AN SSSR, 1990. – 184 s.