Radiocarbon dating of wetland meso-neolithic archaeological sites within the upper Volga and middle Vychegda

• Autorzy: Zaretskaia N. E. , Zhilin M. G. , Karmanov V. N. , Uspenskaya O. N.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Wetland sites are widespread through the central and northeastern European Russia. We performed a detailed radiocarbon dating on four such sites within the Upper Volga river basin, and one site within the middle Vychegda river basin (Komi Republic). Most of the sites contain cultural layers documenting human occupation in the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. A variety of sample types were collected: archaeological (bones, bone artefacts, worked and unworked wood, charcoal, carbon residue etc.) and enclosing organic deposits (peat, gyttja, mud). We paid special attention to the stratigraphic relationship of the samples, concerning their archaeological context. Plant macrofossil analysis of organic deposits was performed towards determining their origin and depositional features. This work resulted in a chronology of full Mesolithic and early Neolithic settling within the Upper Volga area, together with new data on Neolithic settling of the Sub-Ural region.

Słowa kluczowe

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radiocarbon dating; wetland sites; Mesolithic; Neolithic; archaeological layer; peat and gyttja deposits; radiocarbon samples; paleobotanic analysis; cultural stages; holocene environmental events

• Wydawca: De Gruyter
• Czasopismo: Geochronometria
• Rocznik: 2005
• Tom: Vol. 24
• Strony: 117--131
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 21 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

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Zaretskaia N. E.

• Geological Institute of RAS, Moscow, Russia

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Zhilin M. G.

• Institute of Archeology of RAS, Moscow, Russia

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Karmanov V. N.

• Institute of Language, Literature and History, Ural Division of RAS, Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, Russia

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Uspenskaya O. N.

• “Torfgeologia” Expedition, Moscow region, Russia

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