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A statistical model for the radiocarbon chronology of the Neolithic forest-steppe Volga region monuments

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Title: A statistical model for the radiocarbon chronology of the Neolithic forest-steppe Volga region monuments
Authors: Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Stavitsky
Source: Samara Journal of Science. 7:204-210
Publisher Information: Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education, 2018.
Publication Year: 2018
Subject Terms: ранний неолит, елшанская культура, средневолжская культура, лесостепное Заволжье, радиоуглеродная хронология, «резервуарный эффект», неолитическая керамика, статистическая модель, периодизация елшанских древностей, верификация, калиброванные даты, сакральная керамика, археологический контекст, 15. Life on land, early Neolithic, Elshanskaya culture, Srednevolzhskaya culture, forest-steppe Volga region, radiocarbon chronology, reservoir effect, Neolithic ceramics, statistical model, periods of Elshanskaya antiquities, verification, calibrated dates, sacred ceramics: archeological context
Description: The paper deals with the chronology of the early Neolithic forest-steppe Zavolzhye monuments, which is based on radiocarbon definitions obtained from fragments of ceramics. Radiocarbon dates on Elshanskaya and Srednevolzhskaya culture monuments are collected in two tables. They are graphically represented by a probability interval for each date. For the conditional statistical unit the chronological interval of 125 years is accepted. On the basis of statistical data, the author has constructed graphs that reflect the frequency of dates occurrence for periods of 250 years. As for the Elshanskaya culture monuments the highest concentration of radiocarbon dates occurs on a chronological segment 58755250 cal BC (39% of all dates). Half of the dates are recorded on the segment 47504500 cal BC (21%). Only 12% of radiocarbon dates are in 67506250 cal BC, which belongs to the period of the Elshanskaya antiquities development. In our opinion, Elshanskaya culture could not exist unchanged for such a long time. Such a significant variation in time is apparently due to the imperfection of the dating method and the presence of reservoir effects of various kinds. Elshanskaya culture probably existed in 58755250 cal BC. At the final stage of Elshanskaya antiquities existence (55005250 cal BC) the monuments of Srednevolzhskaya culture started to develop.
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ISSN: 2782-3016
2309-4370
DOI: 10.17816/snv201874208
DOI: 10.24411/2309-4370-2018-14208
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ISSN:27823016
23094370
DOI:10.17816/snv201874208