Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 620144, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Association of Ural Cavers, Kungur, Russia.
Dokl Biol Sci. 2021 May;498(1):79-81. doi: 10.1134/S0012496621030017. Epub 2021 Jun 25.
Remains of a cave bear were studied from a new locality in the Prokoshev Cave in the Middle Urals (58°13´ N, 58°12´ E). Bones from all regions of the skeleton are present, bones are intact and without traces of human or animal activity. They all belong to the cave bear (Ursus kanivetz Vereshchagin, 1973). An AMS radiocarbon date of 53 375 ± 765 BP, IGAN-8632, was obtained from an adult mandible. The bones belonged to at least 18 individuals, including 4 individuals aged about one year, 1 aged about two years, 1 aged about three years, and 12 individuals over four years of age. Three skulls belonged to males and seven skulls belonged to females. The analysis has shown that the taphonomic type of this locality is a "mass burial." This is the first "mass burial" of the cave bear in the Urals, found in situ, untouched by humans.
在中乌拉尔的普罗科舍夫洞穴（58°13´N，58°12´E）的一个新地点研究了洞熊遗骸。骨架的所有区域都有骨骼，骨骼完整且没有人类或动物活动的痕迹。它们都属于洞熊（Ursus kanivetz Vereshchagin，1973）。从一个成年下颌骨获得了一个 AMS 放射性碳测年为 53375±765 BP 的日期，IGAN-8632。这些骨头属于至少 18 个人，包括 4 个大约一岁的个体，1 个大约两岁的个体，1 个大约三岁的个体，以及 12 个四岁以上的个体。三个头骨属于雄性，七个头骨属于雌性。分析表明，该地点的埋藏类型是“集体埋葬”。这是在原地发现的，未被人类触碰的第一批乌尔群山洞穴熊的“集体埋葬”。
