Rangifer tarandus is one of the most important animals for indigenous groups living in the Arctic. This significance is particularly the case in the Iamal Peninsula of the Russian Federation. The Iamal Peninsula has produced a substantial archaeological record of human engagement with reindeer during the Late Holocene period. The archaeological site known as Iarte VI, a multihousepit settlement on the open tundra of the peninsula, has produced the region’s largest and most well-dated reindeer-bone assemblage. This study provides a chronological assessment of Iarte VI based on numerous radiocarbon and dendrochronology dates, an analysis of the site’s large faunal assemblage, and comparison of these remains with those from all other sampled sites on the peninsula. Iarte VI appears to have been a warm-season settlement where reindeer were intensively utilized during the 11th century AD. Other regional sites had broader subsistence practices, but reindeer are nonetheless consistently present.

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伊阿尔特六世和晚新世驯鹿仍来自北极西伯利亚伊马尔半岛

对于在北极生活的土著群体来说，塔兰格斯牛是最重要的动物之一。这种重要性在俄罗斯联邦的伊马尔半岛尤其如此。伊玛尔半岛在全新世晚期曾为人类与驯鹿的交往提供了大量考古记录。被称为Iarte VI的考古遗址是位于半岛开放苔原上的多居室定居点，它造就了该地区规模最大，日期最久的驯鹿骨组合。这项研究基于大量的放射性碳和树年年代学数据，对Iarte VI进行了时间评估，分析了该地点的大型动物群，并将这些遗骸与半岛上所有其他采样地点的遗骸进行了比较。Iarte VI似乎是一个温暖的季节，公元11世纪期间驯鹿被大量使用。其他区域遗址有更广泛的生存习惯，但驯鹿仍然存在。