Use of Ulan-Khada Bay at Lake Baikal in the Holocene (Based on Fauna Remains)
Use of Ulan-Khada Bay at Lake Baikal in the Holocene (Based on Fauna Remains)
T. Nomokonova, O.I Goriunova, R.J. Losey, and N.A. Savelyev.
The article presents the results of studies of faunal remains from the Ulan-Khada multilayered settlement – one of key habitation sites in the Cis-Baikal region providing information for reconstructing environmental and cultural changes during the Holocene. A complete analysis of the fauna assemblage obtained over the course of long-term excavations is given. For the fi rst time, the site’s ichthyofauna is described. The mammalian species composition is revised. Species diversity is evaluated across the time span from the Final Mesolithic to the Late Iron Age. These studies have demonstrated that the main activities at the site during the Neolithic and Bronze Age included seal and ungulate (roe and red deer) hunting. Fishing was also important, especially 4.2–3.8 thousand years ago (Bronze Age).
