Pages: 359-368

The article aims to establish a reliable chronology for appearance of production economy in the Lower Volga region. The authors examine Neolithic and Eneolithic sites containing evidence of cattle breeding, and offer corrected osteological definitions, including based on materials of 2014—2017 research. They support all complexes with a set of radiocarbon dates, including those obtained in 2016—2017, and for the first time, present the results of lipid analysis for the Eastern European Eneolithic materials. In conclusion, they maintain that production economy emerged in the Caspian culture complexes in the Lower Volga region in about 5200 BC.

Keywords: Lower Volga region, Neolithic, Eneolithic, production economy, chronology, Caspian culture, Khvalynsk culture

Information about author:

Aleksandr Vybornov (Samara, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education. Maxim Gorky St., 65/67, Samara, 443099, Russian Federation
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Pavel Kosintsev (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. Institute for Ecology of Plants and Animals, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 8th March St., 202, Yekaterinburg, 620144, Russian Federation
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Marianna Kulkova (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Geologo-Mineralogical Sciences. Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. Moyka River Emb., 48, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation
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Natalia Doga (Samara, Russian Federation). Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education. Maxim Gorky St., 65/67, Samara, 443099, Russian Federation
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Vladimir Platonov (Samara, Russian Federation). Candidate of Chemistry. Samara National Research University. Moskovskoe Shosse St., 34, Samara, 443086, Russian Federation
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