Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 39 (1) 2011

Annotation:  Three Scenarios of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition. Scenario 2: The Middle to Upper Paleo Chronology and Periodization of the Neolithic in the Upper and Middle Kama Region Paleolithic Art of the Carpathian-Dniester Region Raw Materials and Paste from Wheel-Thrown Ceramics from the Gnezdovo Burial Ground The Origins of Lead Archaeological Artifacts Using Mass Spectrometry Analysis Kelteminar Arrowheads from the Altai Dagger from the Late Bronze Age Settlement on the Lyuskus River The Archekas Celt and the Issue of the Seima-Turbino Period in the Kuznetsk Basin and in the Achins Bone Anthropomorphic Sculpture from the Ust-Polui Sanctuary Images in Bronze from the Sarovka Ritual Complex: Reconstructing Semantics Information-Theoretical Database Management System in the Context of Monuments Dating to the Pre-Sc Ritual Complexes of the Bolshoye Storozhevoye Fortifi ed Settlement in the Middle Don Area Erlik Khan in the Traditional Worldview of the Khakas Copper Casting in the Daily Life and Ritual Practices of Komi Old Believers Dogs in the Traditional Worldview of the Chuvash People A Proximal Pedal Phalanx of a Paleolithic Hominin from Denisova Cave, Altai Secular Dental Changes in the Populations of the Armenian Highland: Evolutionary and Ecological Asp A Nonmetric Cranial Study of the Andronovo Series from the Altai   

Chronology and Periodization of the Neolithic in the Upper and Middle Kama Region

E.L. Lychagina.

Recent radiocarbon dating of Neolithic sites in the Upper and Middle Kama region has provided a chronological framework for the Neolithic in the region: the Early Neolithic – second half of 6th millennium BC; the Middle Neolithic – fi rst half to mid 5th millennium BC, and the Late Neolithic – the second half of 5th millennium BC. Sites attributable to the fi rst and the second stages are characterized by ceramics with both comb and pricked ornamentation.

Keywords: Neolithic, chronology, radiocarbon dating, periodization, combed ceramics, pricked ceramics, fl ake-based lithic industry, blade-based lithic industry.