Additional data to the stratigraphy and the chronology of the Kostenki 1 (Poliakov) sequence, Voronezh, Russia:Le Sungirien, Saint-Petersbourg 2016

Abstract

Kostenki 1 is one of the many sites of the Kostenki- Borshchevo site cluster south of Voronezh, which has a long sequence covering the Early and Mid Upper Palaeo- lithic, including the Streletskian Cultural Layer V. Here we present stratigraphic data from our 1994 eldwork (sections of the 1981-1982 excavations) and radiocarbon dates for the CL IV and V. For dating we used our cross- dating approach on high quality conifer charcoal with ABA and ABOx-SC pre-treatment on sub-samples of the same charcoal sample. Our results show that the Strelets- kian CL V dates to ~42,500 14C uncal BP and is signi - cantly older than previously though