CHRONOLOGY OF PREHISTORIC CULTURAL COMPLEXES OF SAKHALIN ISLAND (RUSSIAN FAR EAST)

• Main Authors: Kuzmin, Yaroslav V, Vasilevski, Alexander A, Gorbunov, Sergei V, Burr, G S, Jull, A J Timothy, Orlova, Lyobov A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Radiocarbon 2004
• Subjects: Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/radiocarbon/article/view/4275

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