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Holocene Stone Age of Northeastern Asia

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relative time period: Follows the Siberian Paleolithic tradition and precedes the Siberian Protohistoric tradition

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Pitulko, V. (2001). Holocene Stone Age of Northeastern Asia. In: Peregrine, P.N., Ember, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1191-5_8

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