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Chronology of Prehistoric Cultural Complexes of Sakhalin Island (Russian Far East)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Yaroslav V Kuzmin*
Affiliation:
Pacific Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Radio St. 7, Vladivostok 690041, Russia.
Alexander A Vasilevski
Affiliation:
Department of History, Sakhalin State University, Lenin St. 290, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 693008, Russia. Email: [email protected].
Sergei V Gorbunov
Affiliation:
Tymovsky Museum, Kharitonov St. 14, Tymovsky, Sakhalin District 694400, Russia.
G S Burr
Affiliation:
NSF-Arizona AMS Facility, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0081, USA. Email: [email protected].
A J Timothy Jull*
Affiliation:
NSF-Arizona AMS Facility, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0081, USA. Email: [email protected].
Lyobov A Orlova
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Koptyug Ave. 3, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia. Email: [email protected].
Olga A Shubina
Affiliation:
Sakhalin State Museum, Kommunistichesky Ave. 29, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 693010, Russia. Email: [email protected].
*
Corresponding author. Email: [email protected].
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A chronological framework for the prehistoric cultural complexes of Sakhalin Island is presented based on 160 radiocarbon dates from 74 sites. The earliest 14C-dated site, Ogonki 5, corresponds to the Upper Paleolithic, about 19,500–17,800 BP. According to the 14C data, since about 8800 BP, there is a continuous sequence of Neolithic, Early Iron Age, and Medieval complexes. The Neolithic existed during approximately 8800–2800 BP. Transitional Neolithic-Early Iron Age complexes are dated to about 2800–2300 BP. The Early Iron Age may be dated to about 2500–1300 BP. The Middle Ages period is dated to approximately 1300–300 BP (VII–XVII centuries AD).

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