Zhokhov Island Anthropological Site: Holocene, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
4 fragments
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anser albifrons Scopoli 1769
4 fragments
Anser fabalis (Latham 1787)
19 fragments
Cygnus bewickii Yarrell 1830
3 fragments
recombined as Cygnus columbianus bewickii
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Laridae indet. Vigors 1825
1 fragment
Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus 1758)
4 fragments
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben 1777)
1 fragment
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774
397 fragments
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758
3 fragments
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
3 fragments
Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus 1758)
6 fragments
recombined as Vulpes lagopus
Mammalia - Cervidae
Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus 1758)
450 fragments
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation
Coordinates: 74.9° North, 149.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:74.9° North, 149.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:9000 ± 1000 YBP (14C (calibrated))
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Metadata
Database number:175940
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:C. Peredo
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-01-20 07:22:44 Last modified:2016-01-20 07:22:44
Access level:the public Released:2016-01-20 07:22:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
57682. V. V. Pitulko and A. K. Kasparov. 1996. Ancient Arctic Hunters: Material Culture and Survival Strategy. Arctic Anthropology 33(1):1-36 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]