Filling a Gap in the Migration Route? Initial Peopling of the Lake Onega Region in the Light of New Radiocarbon Datings

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ID6095371
AuthorsA Tarasov (0000-0002-5737-5247, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume51
Issue1-2
Pages175-189
Publication date2018-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNorwegian Archaeological Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0029-3652 • E-ISSN: 1502-7678
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00293652.2018.1449240
OpenAlexW2790517736
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited7

The idea that the human migration into the northern part of eastern Fennoscandia might have passed through the Lake Onega region has been suggested by a number of researchers. However, despite numerous Late Preboreal and Early Boreal radiocarbon datings obtained from the Mesolithic sites in eastern Fennoscandia, similar early datings were lacking from the Lake Onega region (Karelian Republic, Russia). This article presents new radiocarbon AMS (Accelerator Mass Spectrometry) dates from burnt bone samples from Mesolithic sites located on the northern and western shores of Lake Onega that confirm at least Early Boreal habitation in the area. Brief descriptions of the dated sites and the lithic inventory of the earliest settlements are also provided

Accelerator mass spectrometry · Archaeology · Boreal · Geography · Holocene · Human settlement · Mesolithic · Physical geography · Preboreal · Radiocarbon dating · Shore · Younger Dryas · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Oceanography · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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