Open AccessEARLY NEOLITHIC POTTERY COMPLEX OF THE UPPER VOLGA CULTURE FROM SITE ZAMOSTJE 2: TYPOLOGICAL COMPOSITION AND CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMES
Author(s) -
Vladimir M. Lozovski,
Olga Lozovskaya,
Ganna Ivanovna Zaitceva,
Göran Possnert,
Marianna Kulkova
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
samarskij naučnyj vestnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2782-3016
pISSN - 2309-4370
DOI - 10.17816/snv20143213
Subject(s) - ornaments , pottery , volga region , excavation , archaeology , radiocarbon dating , upper paleolithic , geography , ancient history , history , style (visual arts)
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 .