THE PALEODEMOGRAPHY OF WESTERN SIBERIA IN THE MIDDLE AND LATE BRONZE AGE

Based on the paleodemographic evaluation of human skeletal remains from Yelovsky-2, Chernoozerye-1, Zhuravlevo-4, Tanay-7, and Zarechnoye-1, those populations fall into two groups differing in their cumulative stress level, which was high during the Andronovo period, and decreased by the Late Bronze Age. This is evidenced by a lower age of death and earlier onset of mortality peaks in samples from Chernoozerye and Yelovsky. Two models of demographic adaptation to changing conditions are proposed: emigration for Tanay, and the inclusion of new members into the aging population for Yelovsky.