Chronology of Prehistoric Cultural Complexes of Sakhalin Island (Russian Far East)

A chronological framework for the prehistoric cultural complexes of Sakhalin Island is presented based on 160 radiocarbon dates from 74 sites. The earliest 14 C-dated site, Ogonki 5, corresponds to the Upper Paleolithic, about 19,500–17,800 BP. According to the 14 C data, since about 8800 BP, there...

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Published in:Radiocarbon
Main Authors: Kuzmin, Yaroslav V, Vasilevski, Alexander A, Gorbunov, Sergei V, Burr, G S, Jull, A J Timothy, Orlova, Lyobov A, Shubina, Olga A
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2004
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Archeology
Sakhalin
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200039655
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033822200039655
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Summary:A chronological framework for the prehistoric cultural complexes of Sakhalin Island is presented based on 160 radiocarbon dates from 74 sites. The earliest 14 C-dated site, Ogonki 5, corresponds to the Upper Paleolithic, about 19,500–17,800 BP. According to the 14 C data, since about 8800 BP, there is a continuous sequence of Neolithic, Early Iron Age, and Medieval complexes. The Neolithic existed during approximately 8800–2800 BP. Transitional Neolithic-Early Iron Age complexes are dated to about 2800–2300 BP. The Early Iron Age may be dated to about 2500–1300 BP. The Middle Ages period is dated to approximately 1300–300 BP (VII–XVII centuries AD).

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