Sakha (Yakutia) early settlement and subsistence transitions (c.15,000–1,000 BP)

1. Seasonal foragers spread across Ice Age Yakutia

   Jan 1, 13001 BCELabels: Late Ice, Sakha river

   • Antiquity
   • Prehistory Sib

2. Dyuktai microblade tradition develops in Yakutia

   Jan 1, 12001 BCELabels: Dyuktai complex, Aldan drainage

   • Springer EDA
   • Dyuktai Cave

3. Sumnagin complex spreads with new stone-tool patterns

   Jan 1, 10999 BCELabels: Sumnagin complex

   • Antiquity
   • Syalakh

4. Post-Ice Age warming reshapes Yakutia’s ecosystems

   Jan 1, 9699 BCELabels: Holocene warming, Siberian ecosystems

   • Quaternary Sci

5. Early sled-dog use is documented at Zhokhov

   Jan 1, 6999 BCELabels: Zhokhov dogs, Zhokhov site

   • JAS Reports

6. Zhokhov Island shows high-Arctic hunting mobility

   Jan 1, 5999 BCELabels: Zhokhov Island, New Siberian

   • JAS Reports
   • Quaternary Sci

7. First pottery appears in the Syalakh culture

   Jan 1, 5000 BCELabels: Syalakh culture

   • Prehistory Sib
   • Syalakh

8. Belkachi tradition expands Neolithic lifeways

   Jan 1, 4000 BCELabels: Belkachi tradition

   • Archaeologs
   • Prehistory Sib

9. Ymyyakhtakh horizon marks Late Neolithic shift

   Jan 1, 2200 BCELabels: Ymyyakhtakh horizon

   • Ymyyakhtakh
   • Prehistory Sib

10. Bronze objects begin appearing in Yakutia

    Jan 1, 1200 BCELabels: Bronze objects, Inner Asian

    • Prehistory Sib
    • Ymyyakhtakh

11. Local foraging traditions persist into later periods

    Jan 1, 1000 BCELabels: Local foraging, Mobile hunters

    • Prehistory Sib

12. Outcome: foundation for later Sakha-era subsistence

    Jan 1, 1000Labels: Sakha precursors

    • Britannica
    • Britannica