The chronology of the Early Neolithic Baraba culture, southwestern Siberia

New radiocarbon evidence

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6448010
AutoresViacheslav Molodin (0000-0002-3151-8457), V I Molodin (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS), L N Mylnikova (0000-0003-0196-5165, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS), Dmitrii Nenakhov (0000-0002-0820-9410), D A Nenakhov (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS), P N Menshanov (0000-0003-1655-0106, Novosibirsk State University), Е В Пархомчук (0000-0003-2200-884X, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS)
Año2025
Volumen67
Número4
Páginas803-818
Fecha de publicación2025-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRadiocarbon (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0033-8222 • E-ISSN: 1945-5755
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/rdc.2025.10103
OpenAlexW4413438741
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas16

During the last decade, early Neolithic sites with unique flat-bottomed pottery as distinguishing feature were discovered in the southern part of Western Siberia at the Baraba forest-steppe and identified as the Early Neolithic Baraba Culture (briefly, Baraba culture). The culture is represented in settlements and ritual complexes, has households, as well as implements made of stone and bone. Samples of mammal bones, bird bones and bone artifacts were collected from three sites of the Baraba Culture: Vengerovo-2, Tartas-1, and Ust-Tartas mounds, and dated by accelerator mass-spectrometry (AMS) to reconstruct the chronology of the sites. 36 reliable radiocarbon dates were obtained: 12 of them at the Curt-Engelhorn-Centre of Archaeometry (Mannheim, Germany) and 24 at the AMS Golden Valley (Novosibirsk, Russia). Minimal-to-no differences between radiocarbon dates assessed at GV and MAMS facilities were identified by Bayesian analysis of covariance/analysis of variance. Bayesian chronological modeling supports existence of the Baraba culture between the middle of 8th millennium BC till the start of 6th millennium BC. Two stages of sites’ use were identified, separated by the transitory period of uncertain duration lasting since the end of 7th millennium. The end of the first stage was followed by abandonment of the Tartas-1 site, which we suggest coincided with the start of the 8.2k climatic event. 1

Absolute dating · Accelerator mass spectrometry · Archaeology · Chronology · Geochronology · Geography · Radiocarbon dating · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology