Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 39 (2) 2011

Annotation:  Three Scenarios of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition. Scenario 3: The Middle to Upper Paleo Use of Ulan-Khada Bay at Lake Baikal in the Holocene (Based on Fauna Remains) Mollusk Shells from Burials of Tuzovskiye Bugry-1 as Indicators of Ethno-Cultural Processes in Sout Silver Horse Harness Adornments from Suzukteh Burial Mound 20 (Noin Ula, Mongolia) Bystry Kulyogan-38 – Bronze Age Fortifi ed Dwelling in the Surgut Ob Area The Early Neolithic Pottery of the Volga-Ural Region (Based on the Materials of the Elshanka Culture The Technology of the Yamnaya (Pit Grave) Ceramic Production and its Relevance to the Population His Bakal Culture Dwelling at Settlement Ust-Tersyuk-1 Middle East Architectural Traditions in Golden Horde Mansion Construction ETHNOLOGY Brightness and Asceticism in the Clothing of the Uimon Kerzhak Women (20th and Early 21st Century) Who Are the Yakut Khorolors? (A Contribution to the Issue of Ethnic Identifi cation) Ethnic Demography of Western Siberia at the End of the 20th Century   

Use of Ulan-Khada Bay at Lake Baikal in the Holocene (Based on Fauna Remains)

T. Nomokonova, O.I Goriunova, R.J. Losey, and N.A. Savelyev.

The article presents the results of studies of faunal remains from the Ulan-Khada multilayered settlement – one of key habitation sites in the Cis-Baikal region providing information for reconstructing environmental and cultural changes during the Holocene. A complete analysis of the fauna assemblage obtained over the course of long-term excavations is given. For the fi rst time, the site’s ichthyofauna is described. The mammalian species composition is revised. Species diversity is evaluated across the time span from the Final Mesolithic to the Late Iron Age. These studies have demonstrated that the main activities at the site during the Neolithic and Bronze Age included seal and ungulate (roe and red deer) hunting. Fishing was also important, especially 4.2–3.8 thousand years ago (Bronze Age).

Keywords: Fauna remains, multilayered habitation site, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Cis-Baikal region.