Some aspects on the radiocarbon chronology of the Neolithic cultures in the forest zone of the European part of Russia

Authors

• V.I. Timofeev
• G.I. Zaitseva

Abstract

In this article problems conceming the chronology for the Neolithic periods based on radiocarbon dating are discussed. Special attention is paid to the beginning of the Neolithic, which can be dated in Central Russia to about 7000 BP. Time differences for the appearance of different cultures in different regions are shown. The appearance of pottery in the Forest zone is shown to be synchronous with the Neolithization of Central Europe. In the south-eastern areas the early Neolithic is dated probably to an even earlier period. The impact of radiocarbon dating on the construction of a chronology for the early Neolithic periods of Russia is also discussed.