A04_P03

Chronology of the Barabinskaya culture (south of Western Siberia): Early Neolithic

Molodin V¹,  Mylnikova L¹, Parkhomchuk E¹, Reinhold S², Nenakhov D¹

¹Institute of Archaeology And Ethnography SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation, ²German Archaeological Institute, Berlin, Germany

In the southern part of Western Siberia Early Neolithic sites were discovered, which are characterized by flat-bottomed pottery. This allowed to distinguish the Barabinskaya culture. It is represented in settlements and ritual complexes, has a specific economic, as well as a certain set of stone and bone artifacts. The presentation offers an overview of the radiocarbon dates of the Barabinskaya culture, obtained at the Curt-Engelhorn-Centre of Archaeometry (Germany) and at the "Accelerator mass spectrometer" BIMP SB RAS (Russia). In total 32 samples were dated.

Dates obtained from the Vengerovo-2 site: (29409) 7510±26, (NSK-02843) 72014±139 BP.

19 samples have been dated from the Tartas-1 site. Six of dates origin from the dwellings: early – (NSK-1645) 7532±97, late – (29403) 7449±23 BP. Another 13 dates are related to fish conservation pits. The sample from the pit No 991 provided an early date (26158) of 8034±36 BP. For the pit No 1229 a date (29407) of 7344±24 BP was obtained.

A sanctuary at the Ust-Tartas-1 site dates from (NSK-2392) 7610±82 to (NSK-2394) 6389±57. For the pits No 18 and No 27, that accompanying the sanctuary, the following dates were obtained: (NSK-2181) 6394±64 and (NSK-2179) 7246±190 BP respectively. "Fish pits" No 7 and No 65–66 were dated of (39313) 7936±23, (39314) 7726±24 BP, (NSK-2182) 8170±71 and (NSK-2207) 8023±96 BP.

Thus, the Barabinskaya culture dates to the 7th millennium BCE with some precursors dating back to the 8th and an aftermath in the 6th millennium BCE.

Project No FWZG-2022-0006.

Keywords: Western Siberia, Barabinskaya culture, chronology.