PALAEOLITHIC HUMAN SOCIETIES DURING THE UPPER PLENIGLACIAL THROUGHT THEIR RELATIONS WITH OTHER ANIMALS IN UKRAINIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES

• DOI: 10.37445/adiu.2020.04.06
• Publication Date: 2021-04-06T12:34:30Z
• Authors: L. Demay; P. M. Vasyliev; L. V. Koulakovska; D. V. Stupak; P. S. Shydlovskyi; V. I. Belyaeva
• Keywords: Mammoth; Upper Paleolithic; Human settlement; Rock shelter; Steppe; Magdalenian; Taphonomy; Aurignacian

The first part of the Upper Pleniglacial (around 26000—20000 BP) is characterized by a deterioration in weather conditions, which reached its peak during Last Glacial Maximum. In East European Plain, most lands were dominated periglacial steppe-tundra with maximum extension ice sheet North and permafrost. different animal species had to adapt these environments, also as human groups.The recent works realized Ukraine permit better understand lifestyles Palaeolithic groups, particularly their subsistence activities, modalities settlements technocultural practices. We based our study on main sites, Dorochivtsy III, Galich 1, Klussy, Korman, Molodova V, Obollonia, Oselivka, Pushkari 1 Pogon (Pushkari 8). These sites are very important occupations for all Plain. Here we focus zooarchaeological remains, permitted determine taphonomic seasonality other relationships. present archaeological Mammoth, Reindeer, Horse, Fox Wolf, who have implication territory modification food resource humans. Moreover eco-ethology involvement acquisition-exploitation nomadic hunter-gatherers, permits highlight potential behavioral strategies. They show continuous occupation territories humans, any seasons, persistence organized innovations varied behaviors. This period corresponds changes between middle Gravettian late Gravettian, then Epigravettian features. end Maximum marks disappearance Late populations 19—16000 BP, followed hiatus until 16000 BP.