Open AccessSouth-East Black Sea coast in Early Holocene period (according to interdisciplinary archaeological investigations in Kobuleti site)
Author(s) -
Guram Chkhatarashvili,
Valery Manko,
Amiran Kakhidze,
Ketevan Esakiya,
Maia Chichinadze,
Marianna Kulkova,
Mikhail A. Streltcov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sprawozdania archeologiczne
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2719-647X
pISSN - 0081-3834
DOI - 10.23858/sa/72.2020.2.2261
Subject(s) - holocene , radiocarbon dating , palynology , period (music) , archaeology , geology , holocene climatic optimum , physical geography , oceanography , geography , pollen , ecology , acoustics , biology , physics
The paper presents the results of interdisciplinary research carried out at the Kobuleti Early Holocene site. Typological and use-wear analyses of stone artifacts helped to define the main branch of the economy of humans at the site. Palynological studies were conducted to reconstruct the paleoenvironment. The investigated plant spores proved that the climate in the Early Holocene was warm. Definition of an absolute date by means of the radiocarbon method (14C) represents an innovation conducted in the study of the Stone Age in Ajara.