Dating of Cultural Deposits of the Multilayered settlement of Khummi in Khabarovsk Province
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The work shows the history (1992–2022) of chronological studies of the key archaeological site of the Lower Amur region - the multi-layer settlement of Khummi. The main attention is paid to dating the lower cultural layer containing materials from the Osipovskaya culture of the initial Neolithic. The work proposes the analysis of the sampling process, their study, obtaining radiocarbon dates; The issues of correlation of the obtained datings with the content of the cultural layer are discussed. A new page in the research of the Hummi settlement was the first four radiocarbon dates of the upper layer containing the remains of the Voznesenovskaya culture of the late Neolithic. Various carbon-containing materials (coal, organics in ceramics and carbon deposits on the surface of ceramics) were used as materials to determine the age of the layers. The results of the thirty years research were the determination of the time of the settlement and habitation of two groups of carriers of the Osipovskaya culture of the initial Neolithic: XIV–XIII thousand years ago (15,900–12,800 calendar years ago or 14,000–10,800 BC) and XI thousand years ago (12,400–12,200 calendar years ago or 10,500–10,200 BC). The appearance of these groups was established with a gap of approximately 1000 years. Dating of the upper cultural layer indicated the time of existence of the Voznesenovsky group of inhabitants: V–IV thousand years ago. (about 4,900–4,100 cal BP or 3,000–2,200 BC). The data obtained made it possible, to a certain extent, to reconstruct the events associated with the settlement of the bank of the channel in the early Holocene; the initial development of the fishing grounds of the Lake Hummi region, which gave rise to a new type of management and culture of sedentary fishermen. Dating of the upper cultural layer made it possible to clarify the time of stay of the Voznesenovtsy group, carriers of an established and developed culture of sedentary fishermen, on the bank of the channel.
Language: English
Subfield: Paleontology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4407558109