Verifying the chronology of Ukrainian Neolithic
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Dmytro Kiosak
,
Nadezhda Kotova
,
Olha Demchenko
Associate Professor of the Department of Archaeology and Ethnology of Ukraine
,
Andrii Bardeckyi
and
Dagmara H. Werra
Abstract
This paper addresses the earliest Neolithic phases in Ukraine: aspects relating to the chronology, methods and time of Neolithisation. In general, the earliest Neolithisation relates to the times of the Linear Pottery culture. Nevertheless, Ukraine has numerous eco-zones so the process could have been different in other zones. The authors emphasize that the key to getting closer to solving this problem is the chronology-re-dating and validation program. Hitherto dates of one culture or period of culture have been treated against each other. This article presents a small series of AMS from well-defined contexts of four sites, previously dated by the Kyiv radiocarbon facility. The results are compared with existing dates in order to establish the validity of existing chronologies for the Neolithic of Ukraine. Obtained results allowed the authors to conclude that the Kyiv dates should not be obligatorily treated as wrong. Furthermore, the authors reopened the discussion to establish what was the role of LBK and Azov-Dnieper culture communities in spreading farming and herding in Ukraine during the second half of the VIth millennium BC.
Zusammenfassung
Dieser Beitrag befasst sich mit den frühesten neolithischen Phasen in der Ukraine. Es geht ferner um Chronologie, Methode und Neolithisierung. Im Allgemeinen bezieht sich die früheste Neolithisierung auf die Zeit der Bandkeramikkultur. Dennoch hat die Ukraine zahlreiche ökologische Zonen, sodass der Prozess in anderen Bereichen durchaus abweichend hätte verlaufen sein können. Die Autoren betonen, dass der Schlüssel, um der Lösung dieses Problems näher zu kommen, eine Neudatierung der Chronologie und eine Validierung ist. Bislang wurden Daten einer Kultur oder Kulturperiode gegeneinander abgewogen. Dieser Artikel stellt eine kleine Serie von AMS aus genau definierten Kontexten von vier Standorten vor, die zuvor von der Radiokarbonanlage in Kiew datiert wurden. Die Ergebnisse werden mit bestehenden Daten verglichen, um die Gültigkeit bestehender Chronologien für das Neolithikum der Ukraine festzustellen. Die erhaltenen Ergebnisse ließen die Autoren zu dem Schluss kommen, dass die Kiewer Daten nicht zwingend als falsch behandelt werden sollten. Darüber hinaus eröffneten die Autoren die Diskussion erneut, um festzustellen, welche Rolle die LBK- und Asow-Dnjepr-Kulturgemeinschaften bei der Verbreitung von Landwirtschaft und Viehzucht in der Ukraine während der zweiten Hälfte des 6. Jahrtausends BC spielen.
Резюме
Статтю присвячено найранішим етапам неоліту в Україні, а саме питанням, які стосуються хронології, шляхів та темпу неолітизації. На сьогодні, найраніші свідчення неолітизації відносяться до часів культури лінійно-стрічкової кераміки. Тим не менш, в Україні існують найрізноманітніші екологічні зони, так що процес міг мати значні відмінності від зони до зони. Автори підкреслюють, що ключовим для розв’язання цієї проблеми є питання хронології – програма передатування та валідизації. До того, дати однієї культури чи фази розвитку порівнювалися одні з одними. Ця стаття представляє невелику серію дат методом прискореної мас-спектрометрії з добре визначених контекстів чотирьох пам’яток, які раніше були продатовані у Київській радіовуглецевій лабораторії. Результати порівнюються з наявними датами, для того, щоб перевірити цьогочасну хронологію пропоновану для українського неоліту. Отримані результати засвідчують, що “київські дати” не є невірними у цілому. Більше того, автори знову звертаються до дискусії про роль культури лінійно-стрічкової кераміки та азово-дніпровської культури у поширенні землеробства та скотарства в Україні у другій половині VI тис. до н.е.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Associate Professor of the Department of Archaeology and Ethnology of Ukraine
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- Verifying the chronology of Ukrainian Neolithic
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- Early farming settlement of the marginal zone of loess uplands and its palaeoenvironmental context – a case study of the Iłża Piedmont (S Poland)
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