Pleistocene Environments of the Northwestern Altai: Vegetation and Climate
Pleistocene Environments of the Northwestern Altai: Vegetation and Climate
N.S. Bolikhovskaya and M.V. Shunkov.
Based on an in-depth palynological analysis of stratifi ed Paleolithic sites in the northwestern Altai, the succession of climatic, fl oral, and phytocenotic changes is reconstructed that occurred in the northwestern Altai during the alternating cold and relatively warm stages of the Pleistocene and which were critical to human survival and adaptation. Features of climatic optima and pessima are matched with the region’s sequence of warm and cold periods of the Middle and Upper Pleistocene.
