Critical Analysis of Radiocarbon Dating of Neolithic and Eneolithic Sites of the Western Siberia Taiga Area
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https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2025.1.32.44Keywords:
archaeology, Western Siberia, radiocarbon dating, Neolithic, Eneolithic, Konda River basin, Surgut, Surgut Ob regionAbstract
The purpose of this paper is to analyze radiocarbon data from Neolithic and Eneolithic monuments in the Western Siberia taiga area to identify reliable and unreliable 14С dates. The method of evaluation by seven criteria is used for the primary data analysis. These criteria allow evaluating the probability of connection of the dated sample with the archaeological site and human activity, correspondence of the date to archaeological finds and stratigraphy, take into account the number of dates for the site and their contiguity, taphonomic certainty, sample material and standard deviation of the obtained date. 289 dates were analyzed, according to the evaluation 58 (20%) were found reliable, 200 (69%) strange, and 35 (12%) unreliable. Reliable and conjugate data were considered as reference points on the chronological scale for grouping facts. It was established that the lower boundary of the Neolithic refers to the last quarter of the VII millennium BC, the limits of the Bystrinsko-Umytinsky cultural and chronological horizon were narrowed to the last quarter of the VI–V millennium BC and the chronological limits of the Eneolithic were determined - the second half of the IV – first half of the III millennium BC. The fate of those dates that are not associated with reliable dating ones will be decided by further research. In the course of the research the areas and chronological periods requiring additional study of sources and their dating were revealed.
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