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Settlement and economy in Neolithic Ukraine: a new chronology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

D. Ya. Telegin ,
M. Lillie ,
I. D. Potekhina  and
M. M. Kovaliukh
D. Ya. Telegin
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Geroiev Stalingrada street., 12, Kyiv, Ukraine (Email: [email protected])
M. Lillie
Affiliation:
Wetland Archaeology & Environments Research Centre, Department of Geography, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX UK (Email: [email protected])
I. D. Potekhina
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Geroiev Stalingrada street., 12, Kyiv, Ukraine (Email: [email protected])
M. M. Kovaliukh
Affiliation:
State Scientific Center of Environmental Radiogeochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Palladin av., 34a, Kyiv, Ukraine (Email: [email protected])
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Abstract

The authors use their revised chronology for the Mariupol-type cemeteries (presented in Antiquity 76: 356-63 (2002)) to offer a new sequence for Neolithic settlement and economy in Ukraine. They find that the transition to the Neolithic began about 6500 cal BC, but co-existed with Mesolithic communities for a further millennium. In about 4500 cal BC early copper age cultures appeared, which in turn coexisted with the Neolithic in neighbouring areas. Co-existent cultures are defined in terms of their artefacts, subsistence strategies, burial practice and physical types. The Mariupol-type cemeteries seem to have had their origins in the late Mesolithic and endured into the Copper Age, a period of more than two thousand years (c. 6500–4000 cal BC).

Keywords

NeolithicUkrainesettlementchronology
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Research
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Antiquity , Volume 77 , Issue 297 , September 2003 , pp. 456 - 470
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2003

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