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The article presents the results of research on the reconstruction of natural and climatic conditions and human adaptation to them. In order to identify the stages of the evolution of the natural environment of the forest-steppe zone (Kursk region) in the Middle Ages, buried sub-kurgan soils and bone remains in the Gochevo burial mound were analyzed. Spore-pollen, anthropological and isotope analyzes were carried out on soil and bone samples. Bioclimatic fluctuations of the natural environment were established based on the reconstruction of paleolandscapes (soils, vegetation) and associated changes in socio-cultural factors (changes in paleo-diet, anthropological characteristics).

Keywords: EasternEurope, forest-steppe zone, the Middle Ages, natural and climatic conditions, human adaptation

Information about authors:

SergeyVasilyev (Moscow, RussianFederation). Doctor of Historical Sciences. N. N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences. Lenin Ave., 32-A, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation.
E-mail: [email protected]
Tatyana Puzanova (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Geographical Sciences. M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. LomonosovAve., 27/4, Moscow, 119991, RussianFederation.
E-mail: [email protected]
Svetlana Borutskaya (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. Lomonosov Ave., 27/4, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation.
E-mail: [email protected]
Gennadiy Starodubtsev (Kursk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Kursk State Regional Museum of Archaeology. Pionerov St., 6, Kursk, 305001, Russian Federation.
E-mail: [email protected]
Fatima Kurbanova (Moscow, Russian Federation). M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State. Lomonosov Ave., 27/4, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation.
E-mail: [email protected]
Alexandr Zorin (Kursk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Kursk State Regional Museum of Archeology. Pionerov St., 6, Kursk, 305001, Russian Federation.
E-mail: [email protected]
Olga Rudenko (Orel, Russian Federation). Candidate of Geographical Sciences. Orel State University named after I. S. Turgenev. Komsomolskaya St., 95, Orel, 302026, Russian Federation.
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