14C Database and Geographic Information System for Western Siberia

Lyobov A. Orlova, Yaroslav V. Kuzmin and Ivan D. Zolnikov

We illustrate here the combined use of geographic information system (GIS) technology and a radiocarbon database for analysis of the environmental components and ancient sites in Western Siberia during the period 10-45 ka BP. In total, 230 14C dates from 75 Late Pleistocene outcrops and Paleolithic sites were used to generate paleolandscape maps and to establish the features of the spatiotemporal distribution of Paleolithic sites.

[Radiocarbon Volume 40, Numbers 1-2, 1998]