14 C Chronology of Stone Age Cultures in the Russian Far East

• Published in: Radiocarbon
• Main Authors: Kuzmin, Yaroslav V., Jull, A. J. T., Orlova, Lyobov A., Sulerzhitsky, Leopold D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1997
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Archeology; Italica; Sakhalin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200018610; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033822200018610

Ca. 150 unequivocal 14 C dates from the prehistoric cultures in the Russian Far East can be used to elucidate chrono-cultural boundaries in that region. Microblade technology started as early as ca. 20,000 bp, and continued to exist in the middle Amur River basin until ca. 10,500 bp, and in Primorye...