The present article provides data on the absolute dendrochronological scales of medieval sites in European Russia. To date, dendrochronological scales are available for 17 medieval Russian towns. Special attention is paid to materials analyzed at the Laboratory for Science-Based Methods of the ...
In 1804 the Moscow Society of History and Antiquities was founded in Russia. Subsequently, archaeological societies sprang up in the Baltic region, where public organizations for the study of local history appeared in some cities and began to conduct excavations. The oldest such organization was the...
Prerevolutionary Russia and the USSR. The oldest archaeological institute in Russia was founded by N. V. Kalachov in 1877 under private auspices in St. Petersburg. Persons with a university education were admitted as members of its audience. In addition to paleography, archaeo-graphy, and the ...
In subject area: Social Sciences An archaeological site is defined as any location where past human activities have taken place, ranging from temporary campsites to monumental cities, shipwrecks, or burial grounds. Each site acts as a unique time capsule, providing valuable data for understanding cu...
Federal–regional relations in Russia and the Northern Territories dispute: the rise and demise of the 'Sakhalin factor' This paper examines a relatively unexplored aspect of the Russo-Japanese territorial dispute: the involvement of subnational actors. It focuses in particul... B Williams - 《Paci...
Combined archaeological and pedogenetic study allows reconstructing the history of early habitation in Moscow Kremlin (Moscow, Russia). The area is confined to the third terrace of Moskva River with Podzols as native soils formed in fluvioglacial sandy deposits under virgin broad-...
Kostenki refers to a complex of open-air archaeological sites located in the Pokrovsky Valley of Russia, on the west bank of the Don River, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) south of Moscow and 40 km (25 mi) south of the city of Voronezh, Russia. Together, they contain important evidenc...
The earliest dispersal of humans into North America is a contentious subject, and proposed early sites are required to meet the following criteria for acceptance: (1) archaeological evidence is found in a clearly defined and undisturbed geologic context; (2) age is determined by reliable radiometric...
in other areas of the Roman Empire, including Italy92northern France93, Switzerland94, and northern Africa95, and even far northern Europe96. A recent synthesis of the zooarchaeological literature for Russia has illustrated that the chicken spread into western Russia and the river valleys of the ...
Reconstruction of local environments of ancient population in a changeable river valley landscape (The Middle Vychegda River, Northern Russia) In river valleys, both human occupation and subsequent preservation of archaeological sites are affected by active landscape transformation caused by river... VN ...