Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 34 (2) 2008

Annotation:  New Insights into the Archaeological Record at Chikhen Agui Rockshelter (Mongolia) A Paleolithic Bracelet from Denisova Cave Principal Excavation Techniques under Permafrost Conditions (Based on Zhokhov and Yana Sites, Northe Late Pleistocene Bison (Bison p. priscus Bojanis, 1827) from the Southeastern Part of Western Siberi Infant Burials in Dwellings at Chicha-1, in the Baraba Forest-Steppe: Results of DNA Analysis Burial Assemblages of Boisman-2 – a Stratifi ed Site in Southern Primorye The Burial Construction of Noin Ula Mound 20, Mongolia Ornamental Traditions of the Lower Amur Neolithic Horseman Image on an Ostrich Eggshell Fragment Gamma-shaped Artifacts from Western and Southern Siberia, the Urals, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia Destiny in the Traditional Beliefs of the Aginsk Buryats A Historical and Ethnological Analysis of Intellectual Play in the Japanese Art of Incense Blending: Gypsy Easter The Paleodemography of Western Siberia in the Middle and Late Bronze Age The Origins of the Koreans: Evidence of Physical Anthropology   

The Paleodemography of Western Siberia in the Middle and Late Bronze Age

A.V. Zubova.

Based on the paleodemographic evaluation of human skeletal remains from Yelovsky-2, Chernoozerye-1, Zhuravlevo-4, Tanay-7, and Zarechnoye-1, those populations fall into two groups differing in their cumulative stress level, which was high during the Andronovo period, and decreased by the Late Bronze Age. This is evidenced by a lower age of death and earlier onset of mortality peaks in samples from Chernoozerye and Yelovsky. Two models of demographic adaptation to changing conditions are proposed: emigration for Tanay, and the inclusion of new members into the aging population for Yelovsky.