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Land-Ocean Systems in the Siberian Arctic: Dynamics and History
Figure 4. A cultural layer exposed in the river bank. Andrew Ivanov excavates blocks of the cultural layer
sloping down the bank.
of course, of the very general type, too. Findings of these blocks are extremely wide-spread -
from the Ust-Polui site in West Siberia (Moshinskaya, 1953: pI. VI: 2, 3, 5, 7; 1965) to
Eskimo sites, - and they were in use even at the beginning of our century (Birket-Smith, 1929:
181, Fig. 54a) . But these harness parts are of special interest because they give us evidence of
sledge transportation. The only (and important) question is - of which type of sled? In the UstPo1ui site where a knife handle with a depiction of a harnessed dog was found, it probably
Land-Ocean Systems in the Siberian Arctic: Dynamics and History
Figure 4. A cultural layer exposed in the river bank. Andrew Ivanov excavates blocks of the cultural layer
sloping down the bank.
of course, of the very general type, too. Findings of these blocks are extremely wide-spread -
from the Ust-Polui site in West Siberia (Moshinskaya, 1953: pI. VI: 2, 3, 5, 7; 1965) to
Eskimo sites, - and they were in use even at the beginning of our century (Birket-Smith, 1929:
181, Fig. 54a) . But these harness parts are of special interest because they give us evidence of
sledge transportation. The only (and important) question is - of which type of sled? In the UstPo1ui site where a knife handle with a depiction of a harnessed dog was found, it probably