scholarly journals ABSOLUTE CHRONOLOGY OF UPPER VOLGA-TYPE POTTERY: MORE EVIDENCE FROM ZAMOSTJE 2

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 113-121
Author(s):  
John Meadows ◽  
Vladimir Mihailovich Losovski ◽  
Olga Vladimirovna Lozovskaya ◽  
Sofya Sergeevna Chirkova ◽  
Oliver Craig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Stratigraphic Sequence ◽  
Considerable Uncertainty ◽  
Upper Volga ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Early Pottery ◽  
Late Mesolithic ◽  
Neolithic Pottery

Zamostje 2, on the Dubna River, c.100km north of Moscow, appears to offer an ideal opportunity to understand the relative and absolute chronology of Upper Volga Early Neolithic pottery. More than 100 radiocarbon (14C) dates are available from a stratigraphic sequence which spans from the Late Mesolithic to the Middle Neolithic. All typological stages are represented among over 18,000 sherds of Early Neolithic pottery, and many of these sherds bear deposits of carbonised food remains (food-crusts), which can be dated directly by 14C; more than 30 food-crusts have been dated directly. Nevertheless, there remains considerable uncertainty about the date range of Upper Volga pottery at Zamostje 2, and many of the issues raised are relevant to dating early pottery at other sites. Moreover, the absolute chronology of Upper Volga pottery must have some bearing on the interpretation of 14C dates for pottery from adjoining regions. In this paper, we discuss alternative interpretations of the Zamostje 2 evidence.

scholarly journals Сhronology of early Neolithic materials of the site Sakhtysh IIa (Central Russia)

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 176-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Dolbunova ◽  
Elena Kostyleva ◽  
Marianna Kulkova ◽  
John Meadows ◽  
Andrey Mazurkevich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Core Area ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
The Core ◽  
Upper Volga ◽  
Central Russia ◽  
Pottery Sherds ◽  
Early Pottery

The Upper Volga culture (UVC) in the Volga and Oka basin is one of the earliest pottery cultures in Eastern Europe. The Sakhtysh IIa site is attributed to the core area of the UVC, with pottery encompassing all stages of this culture. A detailed analysis of artefact deposition in different lay­ers allows the creation of chronological models of early pottery development in this region. A series of new radiocarbon dates of food crust on pottery sherds which typologically belong to different stages of UVC at Sakhtysh IIa, as well as an overview of the oldest pottery are presented in this article.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF BONE ARROWHEADS IN THE UPPER VOLGA LOWLAND IN VII V CAL BC: A CASE STUDY OF THE MULTILAYER SITE ZAMOSTJE 2

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
О.В. Лозовская
Keyword(s):  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Projectile Points ◽  
Upper Volga ◽  
Ancient Society ◽  
Cultural Layers ◽  
Informative Element ◽  
Neolithic Cultures ◽  
Late Mesolithic ◽  
The Upper Volga Region

Охотничий инвентарь и, в первую очередь, наконечники метательного вооружения являются наиболее информативным элементом культуры в древнем обществе. В позднем мезолите и раннем неолите Верхнего Поволжья наблюдается большое разнообразие костяных наконечников стрел, отражающее локальные особенности местного и/или пришлого населения. На примере материалов стоянки Замостье 2 (306 экз.) рассмотрены изменения основных типов наконечников в период с начала VII по конец V тыс. cal BC выделены характерные формы изделий для пяти культурных слоев (двух слоев позднего, а также слоев финального мезолита, верхневолжской и льяловской культур раннего и среднего неолита) и предложена типолого хронологическая схема развития наконечников стрел для поселения Замостье 2 и прилегающих территорий. Hunting equipment and, in the first place, projectile points are the most informative element of culture in ancient society. In the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic of the Upper Volga region, a large variety of bone arrowheads is observed, which reflects the local features of the indigenous and / or newcomer population. Using the materials from the site Zamostje 2 (306 items), we examined changes in the main types of arrowheads from the beginning of 7th to the end of the 5th millennium cal BC. The revealed characteristic forms of arrowheads for the five cultural layers (Late and Final Mesolithic, Upper Volga and Lyalovo Early and Middle Neolithic cultures) served as the basis for the proposed typologicalchronological scheme of arrowheads development for the Zamostje 2 settlement and adjacent territories.

scholarly journals Bone and antler artefacts from the Middle and Late Mesolithic layers of Ivanovskoye 7 in the collection of MAE RAS

2021 ◽  
pp. 63-100
Author(s):  
Mikhail Zhilin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Bottom Layer ◽  
Peat Bog ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Upper Volga ◽  
Permanent Storage ◽  
Cultural Layers ◽  
Tool Types ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Late Mesolithic

A collection of bone artefacts from Mesolithic layers of the site Ivanovskoye 7, excavated by the Upper Volga expedition under direction of M.G. Zhilin was taken for permanent storage by MAE RAS in 2012. Three cultural layers yielded impressive collections of bone and antler artefacts of early, middle and late periods of the Butovo culture. Finds from the bottom layer are already described in detail [Zhilin 2018]. The present article is devoted to publication of bone and antler artefacts from the Middle and Late Mesolithic layers of this site. Further development of traditions of the bone industry of the bottom layer is observed in these layers. At the same time new tool types emerge, and some types of bone and antler artefacts widespread in the bottom layer are absent in the upper layers. Comparison of finds from Mesolithic layers of Ivanovskoye 7 with other peat bog sites of the Butovo culture indicates rather steady development of bone industry. During the whole period of its existence the population of the Butovo culture was equipped with a highly developed set of bone and antler artefacts needed for successful living in the forests of temperate zone. Bone industry of the Late Mesolithic layer of Ivanovskoye 7 found further development in the Early Neolithic Upper Volga culture.

scholarly journals Сhronology of early Neolithic materials of the site Sakhtysh IIa (Central Russia)

10.4312/dp.11 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 176
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Dolbunova ◽  
Elena Kostyleva ◽  
Marianna Kulkova ◽  
John Meadows ◽  
Andrey Mazurkevich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Core Area ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
The Core ◽  
Upper Volga ◽  
Central Russia ◽  
Pottery Sherds ◽  
Early Pottery

The Upper Volga culture (UVC) in the Volga and Oka basin is one of the earliest pottery cultures in Eastern Europe. The Sakhtysh IIa site is attributed to the core area of the UVC, with pottery encompassing all stages of this culture. A detailed analysis of artefact deposition in different lay­ers allows the creation of chronological models of early pottery development in this region. A series of new radiocarbon dates of food crust on pottery sherds which typologically belong to different stages of UVC at Sakhtysh IIa, as well as an overview of the oldest pottery are presented in this article.

scholarly journals EARLY NEOLITHIC POTTERY COMPLEX OF THE UPPER VOLGA CULTURE FROM SITE ZAMOSTJE 2: TYPOLOGICAL COMPOSITION AND CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMES

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 122-136
Author(s):  
Vladimir Mikhailovich Lozovski ◽  
Olga Vladimirovna Lozovskaya ◽  
Ganna Ivanovna Zaitceva ◽  
Göran Possnert ◽  
Marianna Alexeevna Kulkova
Keyword(s):  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Upper Volga ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Small Series ◽  
Neolithic Pottery

The paper describes the complex of Early Neolithic Upper Volga culture pottery from site Zamostje 2. The analysis revealed that the vast majority of ceramics found during the excavation of site belong to the first stage of development of the Upper Volga culture - ceramics without ornaments and fragments with ornaments comprised of small dots and notches. Conducted extensive radiocarbon dating by different kinds of materials made it possible to determine the time of existence of the Upper Volga culture on the site Zamostje 2 within the 6850 - 6200 BP. Nevertheless, a small series of dates obtained from crust on fragments, demonstrates a more ancient age as compared with the main array of dates. The nature of such phenomenon currently not entirely clear .

scholarly journals Multidisciplinary Researches of Nebyshino 1 Site at the Upper Reaches of the Berezina River in 2018–2019

2021 ◽  
pp. 120-140
Author(s):  
Igor Yаzepenka ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
Study Analysis ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Atlantic Period ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Bone Remains ◽  
Upper Boundary ◽  
Neolithic Pottery

Comprehensive multidisciplinary research was held in 2018–2019 at Nebyshino 1 site located in the Dokshitsky district, Vitebsk region, Belarus. The analysis archaeological materials obtained during excavations made along the mineral edge of the butte and in the peaty part of the settlement were supplemented by archaeobotanical study, analysis of the osteological materials, and radiocarbon dating of wood and bone remains from the cultural horizon. The analysis of Nebyshino 1 flint artifacts and synchronization with the dating of the osteological samples made it possible to consider the preboreal and boreal periods as the main stages in the functioning of the settlement. The flint collection of Nebyshino 1 displays similarities with the flint inventory of the Zamosh’e settlement (Verkhnedvinski district, Vitebsk region), located in the basin of the Western Dvina. The cultural attribution of the archaeological materials of Nebyshino 1 presupposes that the site is related to the Kunda culture. At present time the absolute chronology of Nebyshino 1 site can be considered within the framework of the Preboreal — Atlanticum, since the lower chronological boundary (the second half of the Alleroid — Late Dryas) requires archaeological and palynological confirmation. The upper boundary of the settlement is determined by two dates corresponding to the second half of the Atlantic period, and by the presence in the cultural horizon a small number of fragments of Early Neolithic pottery of the Narva culture.

scholarly journals Regional diversity in subsistence among early farmers in Southeast Europe revealed by archaeological organic residues

2019 ◽  
Vol 286 (1894) ◽  
pp. 20182347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy J. E. Cramp ◽  
Jonathan Ethier ◽  
Dushka Urem-Kotsou ◽  
Clive Bonsall ◽  
Dušan Borić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Residues ◽  
Southeast Europe ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Economic Practices ◽  
Early Farming ◽  
Transformative Process ◽  
Climatic Range ◽  
Early Farmers ◽  
Early Pottery ◽  
Neolithic Pottery

The spread of early farming across Europe from its origins in Southwest Asia was a culturally transformative process which took place over millennia. Within regions, the pace of the transition was probably related to the particular climatic and environmental conditions encountered, as well as the nature of localized hunter–gatherer and farmer interactions. The establishment of farming in the interior of the Balkans represents the first movement of Southwest Asian livestock beyond their natural climatic range, and widespread evidence now exists for early pottery being used extensively for dairying. However, pottery lipid residues from sites in the Iron Gates region of the Danube in the northern Balkans show that here, Neolithic pottery was being used predominantly for processing aquatic resources. This stands out not only within the surrounding region but also contrasts markedly with Neolithic pottery use across wider Europe. These findings provide evidence for the strategic diversity within the wider cultural and economic practices during the Neolithic, with this exceptional environmental and cultural setting offering alternative opportunities despite the dominance of farming in the wider region.

scholarly journals Radiocarbon Chronology of the Shigir and Gorbunovo Archaeological Bog Sites, Middle Urals, Russia

Radiocarbon ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 783-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia E Zaretskaya ◽  
Sönke Hartz ◽  
Thomas Terberger ◽  
Svetlana N Savchenko ◽  
Mikhail G Zhilin
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Peat Bogs ◽  
Middle Urals ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Radiocarbon Chronology ◽  
First Time ◽  
Late Mesolithic ◽  
Ams Dates

Two well-known archaeological sites, the peat bogs of Shigir and Gorbunovo (Middle Urals, Russia), have been radiocarbon dated (61 conventional and accelerator mass spectrometry [AMS] dates from various natural and artifact samples). For the first time, a detailed chronology of Early to Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic occupation for this region has been obtained, and a paleoenvironmental history reconstructed. Based on these results, we propose that the Mesolithic settlement of the Middle Urals region started in the early Holocene, at the same time as in central and eastern Europe.

scholarly journals First lipid residue analysis of Early Neolithic pottery from Swifterbant (the Netherlands, ca. 4300–4000 BC)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Özge Demirci ◽  
Alexandre Lucquin ◽  
Oliver E. Craig ◽  
Daan C.M. Raemaekers
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Residue Analysis ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Neolithic Pottery
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