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Human frontal bone from Upper Palaeolithic Pokrovka II, Siberia

Buzhilova A.P. (1), Dobrovol’skaya M.V. (2), Mednikova M.B. (2)

1) Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 125009, Russia; 2) Institute Archaeology Russian Academy of Sciences, Dm. Ulyanova 19, Moscow, 117036, Russia

Buzhilova Alexandra P., Ph.D., D.Sc., ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6398-2177, e-mail: albu_pa@mail.ru; Dobrovol’skaya Mariya Vsevolodovna, Ph.D., D.Sc., ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9695-4199, e-mail: mk_pa@mail.ru; Mednikova Maria B, Ph.D., D.Sc. , ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1918-2161, e-mail: medma_pa@mail.ru

Abstract

TThe communication highlights preliminary results of the study of a new Siberian sample from the Stone Age. The specimen comes from the NE Siberian site of Pokrovka II (55019’46,30’’ N 92026’48,80’’E). The remains consist of the anterior portion of the cranium or the superior part of the face. Indifferent features of the frontal bone unfortunately do not allow a confident diagnosis of the sex of the individual. The evidence suggests, however, that the remains are probably those of a young adult (teenager). Radiocarbon dating was undertaken at the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (ORAU). The radiocarbon age determination of the bone fragment is 27.740+150 BP (OxA-19850). According to morphological examination there are no traces of either Neanderthal features or so called mongoloid component.

Keywords

Upper Palaeolithic, human remains, AMS dating, Siberia

Цит.: Buzhilova A.P., Dobrovol’skaya M.V., Mednikova M.B. Human frontal bone from Upper Palaeolithic Pokrovka II, Siberia // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2009; 3/2009; с. 4-13