Radiocarbon dating from Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov cemetery reveals complex human responses to socio-ecological stress during the 8.2 ka cooling event

Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov in Karelia, northwest Russia, is one of the largest Early Holocene cemeteries in northern Eurasia, with 177 burials recovered in excavations in the 1930s; originally, more than 400 graves may have been present. A new radiocarbon dating programme, taking into account a correctio...

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Main Authors: Schulting, RJ, Mannermaa, K, Tarasov, PE, Higham, T, Ramsey, CB, Khartanovich, V, Moiseyev, V, Gerasimov, D, O’Shea, J, Weber, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2022