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Paleolithic sites in Russia

Dyuktai artifacts Ikhine Site Studenoe Site Tolbaga Site Ushki Site
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Dyuktai artifacts
Dyuktai bifaces.
Dyuktai bifaces.
Dyuktai flaked bone tools.
Dyuktai flaked bone tools.
Dyuktai microblade cores and microblade.
Dyuktai microblade cores and microblade.
Dyuktai stone tools.
Dyuktai stone tools.
Microblades inset into bone point.
Microblades inset into bone point.

Ikhine Site
Excavations at Ikhine
Excavations at Ikhine
Excavations underway at Ikhine.
Excavations underway at Ikhine.
Ikhine site along the Aldan River.
Ikhine site along the Aldan River.
Ikhine site.
Ikhine site.


Studenoe Site
Dwelling with alluvial section in background.
Dwelling with alluvial
section in background.
House structure and hearth.
House structure and hearth.
Microblades and microblade core from floor of house.
Microblades and microblade
core from floor of house.
Multiple dwellings at different levels.
Multiple dwellings at different levels.
Structure and hearth at Studenoe.
Structure and hearth at Studenoe.

Tolbaga Site
Art from Tolbaga.
Art from Tolbaga.
Artifacts in situ at Tolbaga.
Artifacts in situ at Tolbaga.
Blade cores from Tolbaga.
Blade cores from Tolbaga.
Blades and other artifacts from Tolbaga.
Blades and other artifacts from Tolbaga.
Excavations at Tolbaga.
Excavations at Tolbaga.
Site of Tolbaga is in the background on the colluvial slope.
Site of Tolbaga is in the
background on the colluvial slope.
Ushki Site
Hearth on the floor of a dwelling in Layer 6.
Hearth on the floor of a dwelling in Layer 6.
Kamchatka River near Ushki Lake site.
Kamchatka River near Ushki Lake site.
Looking at the Ushki Lake site loci.
Looking at the Ushki Lake site loci.
Main excavation are at Ushki I.
Main excavation are at Ushki I.
Microblade cores also from Layer 6.
Microblade cores also from Layer 6.
Microblade cores from Layer 6.
Microblade cores from Layer 6.
Microblade on the floor of a dwelling in Layer 6.
Microblade on the floor of a dwelling in Layer 6.
Microblades from Layer 6.
Microblades from Layer 6.
Oxbow lake in front of Ushki Lake site.
Oxbow lake in front of Ushki Lake site.
Projectile points from Layer 7.
Projectile points from Layer 7.
Stratigraphic excavation near Ushki I.
Stratigraphic excavation near Ushki I.

Stratigraphy of Ushki localities. White layers are volcanic
Stratigraphy of Ushki localities.
White layers are volcanic.
Test Excavation at Uskhi 5.
Test Excavation at Uskhi 5.

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Jesse Tune and co-authors publish article in Tennessee Archaeology on excavations and dating of Late Pleistocene and Paleoindian deposits at the Coats-Hines site, Williamson County, Tennessee (pdf)
Ted Goebel co-organized the "Symposium on the Emergence and Diversity of Modern Human Behavior in Palaeolithic Asia",
held in Tokyo, Japan, Nov.29-Dec.1, He and Kelly Graf presented lectures.
Ted Goebel and Lawrence Straus co-edit recent issue of Quaternary International featuring 23 papers on Humans and the Younger Dryas.
Vol. 242 Issue 2 15 October 2011 ISSN 1040-6182.
Ted Goebel was recently interviewed (Prof Helping To Unravel Causes Of Ice Age Extinctions)about a collaborative project trying to solve the mystery of the extinction of the megafauna at the end of the last Ice Age that is described in a recent article in Nature. (2011-11-04)
Ted Goebel, Kelly Graf and co-authors publish article in Nature on responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans (pdf)
Michael Waters and co-authors publish article in Science (Volume 334, October) on Pre-Clovis Mastodon Hunting 13,800 Years Ago at the Manis Site, Washington (pdf)
Ted Goebel and co-authors publish article in Quaternary International (Volume 242) on Climate, Environment, and Humans in North America's Great Basin during the Younger Dryas, 12,900-11,600 calendar years ago (pdf)
Kelly Graf and Nancy Bigelow publish article in Quaternary International (Volume 242) on Human Response to Climate during the Younger Dryas Chronozone in Central Alaska (pdf)
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