Zamostje, Moscow Region, Russia
Zamostje, Moscow Region, Russia [Si].A series of closely related riverside and lakeside settlements in the upper Volga region discovered in 1987 by V. Sidorov and subsequently explored by Vladimir Lozovski (site 2) and Alexei Sorokin (site 5). The sequence of deposits, up to 5m thick in places, has seven main units starting in the RESSETA CULTURE of the early HOLOCENE and extending through to the FATYANOVO CULTURE of about 2500 BC. Extensive waterlogging and later peat formation provides exceptionally fine preservation, especially for the Mesolithic (BUTOVO CULTURE) and Neolithic (LIALOVO CULTURE) levels. Until the early third millennium bc the area was occupied by hunter-fisher groups, in the Mesolithic focusing on elk and beaver hunting. Although elk remains prominent during the Neolithic there is more interest in...
[The entire page is 211 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Oxford University Press Titles
