Contents
Paleonotological Journal
Vol. 39, Suppl. 6, 2005
The supplement is published only in English by MAIK “Nauka / Interperiodica” (Russia).
Paleontological Journal ISSN 0031-0301.
INTRODUCTION p. 645 abstract
CHAPTER 1. METHODS p. 646
1.1. Geomorphological and Lithostratigraphic Research p. 646
1.2. The Study of Small Mammals p. 647
1.3. Problems and Controversies in the Study of Stratigraphy of Pleistocene Deposits
of the Anui River Drainage Basin p. 649
CHAPTER 2. NATURAL CONDITIONS OF NORTHWESTERN ALTAI p. 651
2.1. Climate and Hydrography p. 651
2.2. Geological Structure p. 653
2.3. Position in the Orographic System of the Altai p. 654
2.4. Geomorphological Structure and Modern Relief Forming Processes p. 655
2.5. Basic Types of Vegetation p. 656
2.6. Communities of Small Mammals p. 659
2.7. Communities of Large Mammals p. 665
CHAPTER 3. THE DENISOVA CAVE: PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS OF THE CENTRAL HALL
AND HOLOCENE OF SOUTHEASTERN GALLERY p. 666
3.1. Geomorphological Position and General Characterization of the Karst Cavity p. 666
3.2. Stratigraphy and Lithology p. 667
3.3. Sedimentary History of Pleistocene Deposits p. 671
3.4. Fauna of Large Mammals of Pleistocene Deposits p. 672
3.5. Fauna of Small Mammals of Pleistocene Deposits p. 672
3.6. Fauna of Small Mammals of Holocene Deposits p. 683
3.7. Avifauna of Pleistocene Deposits p. 688
3.8. Palynological Characterization p. 688
3.9. Paleogeography p. 691
3.10. Geochronology p. 694
CHAPTER 4. THE DENISOVA CAVE: PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS
OF THE ENTRANCE PLATFORM p. 695
4.1. Stratigraphy and Lithology p. 695
4.2. Fauna of Large Mammals p. 697
4.3. Fauna of Small Mammals p. 698
4.4. Avifauna p. 703
4.5. Palynological Characterization p. 704
4.6. Paleogeography p. 706
4.7. Geochronology p. 706
CHAPTER 5. THE MULTILAYERED PALEOLITHIC SITE UST’-KARAKOL-1 p. 707
5.1. Geomorphological Position, Stratigraphy, and Lithology p. 707
5.2. Fauna of Large Mammals p. 711
5.3. Fauna of Small Mammals p. 712
5.4. Fauna of Mollusks p. 717
5.5. Palynological Characterization p. 718
5.6. Paleogeography p. 720
5.7. Geochronology p. 722
CHAPTER 6. THE MULTILAYERED PALEOLITHIC SITE ANUI-2 p. 723
6.1. Geomorphological Position, Stratigraphy, and Lithology p. 723
6.2. Finds of Fauna p. 723
6.3. Palynological Characterization and Paleogeography p. 724
6.4. Geochronology p. 724
CHAPTER 7. THE PALEOLITHIC SITE ANUI-3 p. 724
7.1. Geomorphological Position, Stratigraphy, and Lithology p. 724
7.2. Fauna of Small Vertebrates p. 726
7.3. Paleogeography and Geochronology p. 732
CHAPTER 8. DENTAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE MAJOR SMALL MAMMAL SPECIES
FROM THE DEPOSITS OF DENISOVA CAVE p. 734
8.1. Determinations of Pikas Based on the Morphology of P3 p. 734
8.2. Time-Dependant Morphological Changes of Molars in Voles p. 736
8.3. Difficult Cases in the Identification of M1 of Gray Voles p. 766
CHAPTER 9. PALEOGEOGRAPHIC STAGES OF THE ENVIRONMENT
DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE PLEISTOCENE IN THE ANUI RIVER BASIN p. 771
9.1. Taphonomy p. 771
9.2. Environmental Changes and Geochronology p. 773
9.3. Fluctuations of Bioresources and the Activity of Paleolithic Man in the Anui River Basin p. 781
CHAPTER 10. DYNAMICS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES
IN THE NORTHWESTERN ALTAI AND ENVIRONMENTAL EVOLUTION
IN NORTHERN EURASIA IN THE PLEISTOCENE p. 783
10.1. Dynamics of the Environmental Processes and the History of Paleolithic Man p. 783
10.2. The Anui Basin as the Key Site of the Northwestern Altai p. 784
10.3. Features of the Environmental Development in the Late Pleistocene of Mongolia p. 791
10.4. Kuznetsk Depression p. 791
10.5. Late Paleolithic of the Upper Yenisei River p. 793
10.6. Paleolithic of the Abakan–Minusinsk Depression p. 794
10.7. Paleogeography of the Middle (Yenisei) Siberia p. 795
10.8. Paleogeography of the Southern Part of the Angara Region p. 797
10.9. Western Siberia p. 799
10.10. Middle and Southern Ural Mountains p. 801
10.11. Environmental Features of the Late Pleistocene in the Russian Plain and Western Europe p. 803
10.12. Caucasus p. 806
CONCLUSIONS p. 810
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS p. 811
REFERENCES p. 812
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