KOCHKARI I – A NEW LATE MESOLITHIC SITE IN THE FOREST-STEPPE VOLGA REGION (THE RESEARCH RESULTS)

Konstantin M. Andreev; Андреев К. М.; Olga V. Andreeva; Андреева О. В.; Anna S. Aleshinskaya; Алешинская А. С.; Marianna A. Kulkova; Кулькова М. А.; Maksim A. Burygin; Бурыгин М. А.

doi:10.31857/S0869606323010038

KOCHKARI I – A NEW LATE MESOLITHIC SITE IN THE FOREST-STEPPE VOLGA REGION (THE RESEARCH RESULTS)

Authors: Andreev K.M.¹, Andreeva O.V.¹, Aleshinskaya A.S.², Kulkova M.A.³, Burygin M.A.¹
Affiliations:
1. Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education
2. Institute of Archaeology RAS
3. Herzen State Pedagogical University
Issue: No 1 (2023)
Pages: 7-24
Section: ARTICLES
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0869-6063/article/view/138822
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869606323010038
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/MBBDXS
ID: 138822

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The paper introduces the Late Mesolithic complex of the Kochkari I site (Krasny Yar District, Samara Region) and discusses evidence obtained with science methods. The authors outline the site location and the history of its study. The stratigraphy of the site and the results of palynological analysis of the cultural layer are described. The article features detailed information about the inventory categories with an emphasis on the tool complex. Based on radiocarbon dating, the chronological framework of the Kochkari I site functioning was established. The typological analysis of the flint complex and absolute age data made it possible to determine the place of the site within the system of region’s Mesolithic antiquities. The authors consider the issue of correlation between Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic complexes of the forest-steppe Volga region.

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the forest-steppe Volga region, late Mesolithic, site, flint implements, tools, cores, blades, radiocarbon dating, palynological analysis.

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