Mobility and community at Mesolithic Lake Onega, Karelia, north-west Russia: insights from strontium isotope analysis
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985831%3A_____%2F25%3A00603907" target="_blank" >RIV/67985831:_____/25:00603907 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-024-02129-8" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-024-02129-8</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-024-02129-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12520-024-02129-8</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Mobility and community at Mesolithic Lake Onega, Karelia, north-west Russia: insights from strontium isotope analysis
Original language description
This study investigates the underlying mechanisms driving the formation of the largest known burial site of the Northern European Mesolithic, Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov (YOO). Radiogenic strontium isotope analysis (87Sr/86Sr) was used to identify group dynamics within the cemetery and examine the site’s place within local and supra-regional networks. The analysis of 57 humans and 31 animals was supported by the creation of an environmental baseline which identified four key geological zones and defines the strontium characteristics of Lake Onega. Only two individuals had strontium values indicating time spent outside of Lake Onega’s northern shores, where the majority of the burial population is likely to have resided. These results suggest that the YOO cemetery predominantly served as a burial place for those with semi-permanent residence in this area, with no significant evidence for gender-based relocation patterns indicative of patri- or matrilocal residency. However, materials seem to have travelled towards Lake Onega even over great distances and the presence of the two outlier individuals suggests these exchanges also involved long-distance travel of people. Our results align with an increasing number of studies that suggest a high degree of residential stability for Late Mesolithic foraging groups relying primarily on aquatic resources, yet simultaneously places the Lake Onega community within a wider Mesolithic communication network.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
ISSN
1866-9557
e-ISSN
1866-9565
Volume of the periodical
17
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
17
UT code for WoS article
001388496600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85213711282