Palaeodietary patterning and radiocarbon dating of Neolithic populations in the Primorye Province, Russian Far East

Here, we report new radiocarbon dates and palaeodietary data (13C and 15N measurements) from human bone collagen of two Early Neolithic populations in Primorye (Maritime) Province, in the Russian Far East. We found that the coastal people of the Boisman 2 site (n=10) had isotope values consistent with a diet of (likely hunted) sea mammals, while the inland population of the Chertovy Vorota site (n=2) had isotope values consistent with a diet that was a mixture of both terrestrial and marine (mostly fish) food resources. Our results suggest that advanced sea mammal hunting already existed in Primorye at ca. 5800 BP (ca. 6600 cal years BP). Marine reservoir corrections were required for the radiocarbon dates on the human remains, due to the consumption of "old" marine-based carbon

Recent results of the study of hadronic production with the CMD-2 and SND detectors at the VEPP-2M collider

The Cryogenic Magnetic Detector (CMD-2) and Spherical Neutral Detector (SND) operated at the VEPP-2M electron-positron collider in the c.m. energy range 360-1380 MeV. The total integrated luminosity above 60 pb–1 has been collected by both detectors. The cross sections of hadronic production have been measured with high precision. New results for the light vector meson parameters and rare decay mode were obtained. PACS: 13.66.Bc Hadron production in e – e + interactions – 13.66.Jn Precision measurements in e – e + interaction