<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this paper all the Stone Age and Early Metal Period (ca. 8600 cal BC — 300 AD) radiocarbon dates from the Karelian Isthmus, Russia, are compiled and their archaeological usability assessed using a set of evaluation principles. The quality of radiometric dates from such a large area has rarely been methodologically examined in Finnish or North-West Russian archaeology, and is applied here for the first time on the present material. Special attention is given to the discussion on the deficiencies and limitations of the current data. Based on the 81 dates evaluated as useful, a tentative radiocarbon chronology is presented for the study area. This is generally in sequence with the chronologies of the nearby areas, but suggests some differences especially towards the end of Stone Age, as well as the presence of biases caused by taphonomic and research-related factors.</p></abstract>

In this paper all the Stone Age and Early Metal Period (ca. 8600 cal BC — 300 AD) radiocarbon dates from the Karelian Isthmus, Russia, are compiled and their archaeological usability assessed using a set of evaluation principles. The quality of radiometric dates from such a large area has rarely been methodologically examined in Finnish or North-West Russian archaeology, and is applied here for the first time on the present material. Special attention is given to the discussion on the deficiencies and limitations of the current data. Based on the 81 dates evaluated as useful, a tentative radiocarbon chronology is presented for the study area. This is generally in sequence with the chronologies of the nearby areas, but suggests some differences especially towards the end of Stone Age, as well as the presence of biases caused by taphonomic and research-related factors.

“The good, the bad, the weird”: Stone Age and Early Metal Period radiocarbon dates and chronology from the Karelian Isthmus, North-West Russia

Arkteekki ltd. / The Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland

The Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 59, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland

Peter the Great’s Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaja Nab. D. 3, RU-199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

Institute for the History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences, Dvorcovaja Nab. 18, RU-191186, St. Petersburg, Russia

Geochronometria

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In this paper all the Stone Age and Early Metal Period (ca. 8600 cal BC — 300 AD) radiocarbon dates from the Karelian Isthmus, Russia, are compiled and their...

“The good, the bad, the weird”: Stone Age and Early Metal Period radiocarbon dates and chronology from the Karelian Isthmus, North-West Russia

Published Online: Mar 17, 2012

Page range: 101 - 121

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-012-0001-9

Keywords
Archaeology, 14C dates, radiocarbon chronology, Holocene, Karelian Isthmus, Finland, Russia

© 2011 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

“The good, the bad, the weird”: Stone Age and Early Metal Period radiocarbon dates and chronology from the Karelian Isthmus, North-West Russia

Published Online: Mar 17, 2012

Page range: 101 - 121

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-012-0001-9

KeywordsArchaeology, 14C dates, radiocarbon chronology, Holocene, Karelian Isthmus, Finland, Russia

© 2011 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Archaeology, 14C dates, radiocarbon chronology, Holocene, Karelian Isthmus, Finland, Russia