Pages: 303-315

Razdorskoe 1, one of the best studied Chalcolithic settlements in the south of Eastern Europe, provided data for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Six Chalcolithic beds of the studied site yielded synthetic data on anthropology, archaeozoology (including mammals, fishes, and molluscs), and palynology and microalgology, indicating steppe-like landscapes in the vicinity of the site. Extensive floodplain and gully forests were accompanied by pine forests at watersheds. Due to a variety of habitats, the local people practiced rangeland cattle-breeding, and hunted for a variety of large wild ungulates, fur-bearing animals, and birds. Fishery was of a secondary significance in the food economy.

Keywords: Southern European Russia, Lower Don region, Eneolithic, paleoecology, anthropology, archeozoology, palynology, diatoms

Information about authors:

Vadim Titov (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Chekhov Ave., 41, Rostov-on-Don, 344006, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
Vera Kashibadze (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation). Doctor of Biological Sciences. Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Chekhov Ave., 41, Rostov-on-Don, 344006, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
Kristina Dyuzhova (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation). Candidate of Geographical Sciences. Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Chekhov Ave., 41, Rostov-on-Don, 344006, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
Galina Kovaleva (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Chekhov Ave., 41, Rostov-on-Don, 344006, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
Sergey Kurshakov (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation). Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Chekhov Ave., 41, Rostov-on-Don, 344006, Russian Federation
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Pavel Frolov (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Geology and Mineralogy. Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Pyzhevsky Per., 7, Moscow, 119017, Russian Federation; Saint-Petersburg State University. Universitetskaya Emb., 7/9, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
Alexey Tesakov (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Geology and Mineralogy. Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Pyzhevsky Per., 7, Moscow, 119017, Russian Federation
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