Radiocarbon Dating of Holocene Archaeological Sites in the Far Northeast of Europe

Karmanov, Victor N.; Zaretskaya, N. E.

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“…The earliest dates for pottery in the study area were obtained north of the Caspian Sea at the site of Baibek, ~5900 cal bc . However, based on our least-cost model it is also conceivable that there was considerable trans-Ural transmission of pottery knowledge, which would support dates of ~5750 cal bc obtained from Kama culture pottery from Pezmog IV in the most northerly part of Eastern Europe 34 . Pottery subsequently spread rapidly westwards towards the Baltic, covering over 3,000 km in three to four centuries.…”

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The transmission of pottery technology among prehistoric European hunter-gatherers

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Human history has been shaped by global dispersals of technologies, although understanding of what enabled these processes is limited. Here, we explore the behavioural mechanisms that led to the emergence of pottery among hunter-gatherer communities in Europe during the mid-Holocene. Through radiocarbon dating, we propose this dispersal occurred at a far faster rate than previously thought. Chemical characterization of organic residues shows that European hunter-gatherer pottery had a function structured around regional culinary practices rather than environmental factors. Analysis of the forms, decoration and technological choices suggests that knowledge of pottery spread through a process of cultural transmission. We demonstrate a correlation between the physical properties of pots and how they were used, reflecting social traditions inherited by successive generations of hunter-gatherers. Taken together the evidence supports kinship-driven, super-regional communication networks that existed long before other major innovations such as agriculture, writing, urbanism or metallurgy.

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The Late Stone Age Western Forest Zone, 7th–3rd Millennium BCE

Nordqvist

2024

Encyclopedia of Archaeology (Second Edition)

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Muchkas-1 — a new reference complex of the Chuzh’yael’ Culture on the Mezen’ River

Karmanov¹,

Belitskaia²

2023

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The results of the studies of the Muchkas settlement in 2020 are reported. The site is located on the right bank of the Mezen’ River in Udorsky District of the Komi Republic (northeast of the East European Plain). The exploitation of an unpaved motor road endangered the preservation of dwelling No. 1, which necessitated extensive excavation of an area of 82.5 m2. On the basis of the analysis of the complex of traces and remains, it has been determined that the studied structure is of a rectangular shape in plane, measuring 3.8m×5.5m with the area of 20 m2. Within the building, two hearths were used sequentially or concurrently. Related to them are two external horizontal heating-and-ventilating chimneys. Some information is preserved about the underground part of the structure. This was a frame strengthened at corners by bundles of thinner trunks of trees, possibly, pointed and stuck into the ground. Pine and to a lesser extent spruce, juniper, and birch were used to build the dwelling. The collection of Muchkas-1 con-tains 3819 objects, including 30 identifiable flint implements, a flint pendant, 21 implements made from non-siliceous rocks, fragments of three ceramic vessels, and debris of calcinated bones. Scrapers predominate in the flint toolset, while knives, awls, and arrowheads are represented to a lesser extent. As the result of the traceological analysis, it has been determined that the arrowhead and the pendant bear traces of long-term carrying in a container, or wea-ring on the clothing or on the body. Tools made of non-isotropic rock include mostly grinding stones. A hammer stone and an adze are represented by single specimens. Among the faunal remains, bones of reindeer, beaver, marten, wolverine, squirrel, black grouse, goose, and pike have been identified. This attests to the dominant role of hunting in the appropriating economy of the inhabitants of Muchkas-1 settlement. The specifics of the building struc-ture and technical-and-typological parameters of the pottery and stone tools allow attributing Muchkas-1 complex to the Chuzh’yael’ Culture of the final Neolithic period — the Chalcolithic. By virtue of 10 radiocarbon dates, the time of its construction is determined by the end of the 4th — first half of the 3rd mil. BC. The published data advance our understanding of the traditions of housebuilding, stone-working, and pottery-making of the prehistoric population of North-Eastern Europe and permit considering Muchkas-1 complex as a source of reference for the study of the Chuzh’yael’ Culture of the 4th — first half of the 3rd mil. BC.

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Radiocarbon Dating of Holocene Archaeological Sites in the Far Northeast of Europe

Cited by 4 publications

References 10 publications

The transmission of pottery technology among prehistoric European hunter-gatherers

The transmission of pottery technology among prehistoric European hunter-gatherers

The Late Stone Age Western Forest Zone, 7th–3rd Millennium BCE

Muchkas-1 — a new reference complex of the Chuzh’yael’ Culture on the Mezen’ River

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