VITA ANTIQUA, ISSN 2522-9419 (Online), 2519-4542 (Print)
Center for Paleoethnological research
VITA ANTIQUA 13, 2021. Dwellings of Prehistoric Europe: social adaptations in variable environments
Unusual faunistic collection from the scientific funds of the National Kyiv-Pechersk Reserve
Laëtitia Demay¹, Sergiy Taranenko², Anna Yanenko³, Dmytro Stupak4
¹Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (France)
ORCID: 0000-0003-4930-7030
²National Preserve «Kyiv-Pechеrsk lavra»
ORCID: 0000-0003-0590-9726
³National Preserve «Kyiv-Pechеrsk lavra»
ORCID: 0000-0003-0713-3087
4The Institute of Archaeology, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
ORCID: 0000-0002-0809-2179
DOI:10.37098/VA-2021-13-139-156
https://www.doi.org/10.37098/VA-2021-13-139-156
ABSTRACT
Animal bones were discovered in Scientific founds in National Kyiv Pechersk Reserve. There are 17 pieces. We present here their identification and the description of taphonomic observations. These bones belong to Mammuthus primigenius, Ursus sp. and Cervus sp. They come from various sites from Ukraine. Probably, this collection was formed in the National Kyiv-Pechersk Reserve as a result of the return of materials from Ukrainian museums after the Second World War.
Keywords: National Kyiv-Pechersk Reserve, Illinka Cave, Kyrylivska site, returned collections
Language: English
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Demay, L., Taranenko, S., Yanenko, A., Stupak, D. 2021. Unusual faunistic collection from the scientific funds of the National Kyiv-Pechersk Reserve. VITA ANTIQUA, 13. Dwellings of Prehistoric Europe: social adaptations in variable environments, pp. 139-156.
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