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The neolithic and early bronze age of the Lake Baikal Region: A review of recent research

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Rich settlement and burial evidence from the Baikal/Angara region in Central Siberia provides one of the most promising opportunities in the global boreal forest for studying Holocene foragers. The Neolithic and Early Bronze Age prehistory of the region is known to western scholars only through a few English translations of the works of A. P. Okladnikov. Since the publication of Okladnikov's model, the region has witnessed large-scale archaeological fieldwork that has produced abundant quantities of new evidence. Moreover, the model has been partly invalidated by extensive radiocarbon dating. Research advances over the last couple of decades have augmented the area's previous reputation but have also revealed the need for new theoretical perspectives and modern analytical techniques.

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Weber, A. The neolithic and early bronze age of the Lake Baikal Region: A review of recent research. J World Prehist 9, 99–165 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02221004

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