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THE LAST HUNTER-GATHERERS AND EARLY FARMERS OF THE MIDDLE SOUTHERN BUH RIVER VALLEY (CENTRAL UKRAINE) IN VIII–V MILL. BC

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Dmytro Kiosak Open the ORCID record for Dmytro Kiosak [Opens in a new window] ,
Nadiia Kotova ,
Willy Tinner ,
Soenke Szidat ,
Ebbe H Nielsen ,
Sandra O Brugger Open the ORCID record for Sandra O Brugger [Opens in a new window] ,
Annick de Capitani ,
Erika Gobet  and
Serhii Makhortykh
Dmytro Kiosak*
Affiliation:
I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National University, Dvorianska 2, 65082 Odessa, Ukraine
Nadiia Kotova
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Heroiv Stalingrada 12, 04210Kyiv, Ukraine
Willy Tinner
Affiliation:
Institute of Plant Sciences & Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, Altenbergrain 21, 3013Bern, Switzerland
Soenke Szidat
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry & Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Ebbe H Nielsen
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Bern, Switzerland
Sandra O Brugger
Affiliation:
Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute (DRI), Reno, NV, USA
Annick de Capitani
Affiliation:
Amt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie, Hofstrasse 15, 6300Zug, Switzerland
Erika Gobet
Affiliation:
Institute of Plant Sciences & Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, Altenbergrain 21, 3013Bern, Switzerland
Serhii Makhortykh
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Heroiv Stalingrada 12, 04210Kyiv, Ukraine
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*Corresponding author. Email: dkiosak@ukr.net.
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Abstract

A new series of 19 radiocarbon dates provides new insights on the human settlement activity in central Ukraine. The paper presents data from the Early Holocene until the establishment of Trypillian mega-sites in the late Vth mill. BC. Our new dates from a long sequence of the site of Melnychna Krucha refine the chronology of the Middle and Late Mesolithic and local ceramic-bearing “Buh-Dniester” culture. Additional dates were obtained on bones from Linear Pottery culture sites and Trypillian sites of stages A3 and B1.

Keywords

Early NeolithicKukrek cultureLinear Pottery Culture (LPC)MesolithicMICADASTrypillia A3-B1
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Radiocarbon , Volume 63 , Issue 1 , February 2021 , pp. 121 - 137
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