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signifies dog traction, and it was definitely dog traction in the Eskimo sites; but it remains
unclear in the case of Oleny Brook site, or in the finds from Mys Vkhodnoy in the far
northeastern portion of European Russia.
Figure 5: One meter thick bedded accumulation of sandy soil covering the cultural layer. The scale is standing on
the upper stratigraphic boundary of the cultural layer.
Concluding remarks
Although the data from the test excavations at Oleny Brook site are of very preliminary nature,
they are nevertheless very significant - thus, the Oleny Brook site may be the northernmost site
ever found in Taymyr, and it was found in an area which was supposed to have remained
unpopulated for centuries. The indigenous people inhabitting the Taymyr autonomous area
today, live in the south, moving along the main rivers while the central and the northern
portions of Taymyr are sparcely populated, or almost an unpopulated territory and has been for
the last three hundred years. Leonid Khlobystin (1982) supposed this area to have