Issue 3 (60)
| PROBLEMS OF THE FAR NORTH-EAST OF EUROPE ENEOLITHIC CHRONOLOGY | |||
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| Year | 2018 | Number | 3(60) |
| Pages | 115-125 | Type | scientific article |
| UDC | 902.652(470.1) | BBK | 64.442.15(235.5) |
| Authors | Karmanov Victor N. |
Topic | THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE NEOLITHIC AND ENEOLITHIC EURASIA |
| Summary | The article studies the current state of the problem of archaeological sites chronology on the basis of summing up and systematization of the available data on the Eneolithic sites of the Far North-East of Europe (the basins of the rivers Pechora, Mezen, and Vychegda) as part of the planned review of the sources. This is a step towards the creation of an adequate cultural processes model in the Eneolithic of this territory. It was established that geo-morphologically the archaeological contexts of the region referred to the upper levels of the sand eolian deposits, which limited the researchers options in the choice of methodology for the determination of the age of the studied sites, first of all, this involved the principle of similar phenomena and attributes synchronization, as well as the sporadic radiocarbon charcoal dating. Only in one case we were able to realize the opportunity to build a relative chronology for the multi-culture sites. We also noted the instability of the comparative-typological methodology outcomes, this could probably be explained by its incorrect application to the incompatible in terms of the source-study materials without taking into account the regional specifics of such sources formation. Based on the study of the radiocarbon dating results for the complexes of the Chuzhjyaelskaya and the Choinovtinskaya cultures as well as the respective sampling context, we have identified 9 dates out of 19 determinations, which could have been valid for the Eneolithic, and identified the reliable data. It was established that the period of the second half of the 4th — the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC, i. e. the period of the existence of the comb stamp geometrism historical and cultural community, was pretty well covered by the independently obtained dates. The age of the Choinovtinskaya or the Garinskaya culture complexes of the 3rd millennium BC was not so well substantiated. We believe that the problems with the independent dating of the region's contexts were to a great extent caused by the deformations and the bioturbation of the culture bearing sediments, as well as the incorrect documentation of the samples. The authors plan to continue the study of the problem on the basis of a search for and comparison of the compatible contexts, as well as the expansion of the range of independent dating techniques. | ||
| Keywords | Far Northeast Europe, Eneolithic, chronology, Chuzhjyaelskaya culture, Choinovtinskaya culture | ||
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