Sergei Zamiatnin
| Prof. Sergei Zamiatnin | |||||||
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| Born | 1899 | ||||||
| Died | 1958 | ||||||
| Residence | N.N. Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnography of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Naberezhanaya 3, Vasilyevsky Ostrow, Leningrad 164, USSR | ||||||
| Occupation | archaeologist | ||||||
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1936.12.15 The following were nominated as Hon. Fellows, it being resolved to elect two Hon. Fellows only: Dr Teilhard du Chardin, Baron von Eickstedt, Prof. S.G. Morley, Prof. S. Zamiatnine, Prof. Lundborg.
1967.11.27 death noted
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Zamiatnin, Sergei Nikolaevich Born Apr. 9 (21), 1899, in Pavlovsk, now in Voronezh Oblast; died Nov. 5, 1958, in Leningrad. Soviet archaeologist; specialist in primitive archaeology.
Zamiatnin discovered the first Lower Paleolithic remains on the territory of the USSR. He investigated the Paleolithic sites of Berdyzh, Gagarino, Kostenki, Satani-Dar, lashtukh, and Sukhaia Mechetka, among many others. He also devised a periodization of the Paleolithic of the Caucasus and studied local differences in Paleolithic cultures and Paleolithic and Neolithic art. Zamiatnin investigated a number of Paleolithic, Bronze Age, and Iron Age remains on the territory of the USSR. He was awarded the Order of Lenin and various medals.
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External Publications
Ocherki po paleolity. Moscow-Leningrad, 1961.
