Pages: 153-171 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp251153171
The article presents preliminary results of a new stage of studying the multilayered Middle and Upper Paleolithic site Biryuchya Balka 2, located in the Seversky Donets River’s lower reaches, the Don’s largest right tributary. Based on the stratigraphy and correlation of paleosoils, the age of the lower part of the subaerial sedimentary sequence containing cultural horizons of the Middle Paleolithic is proposed to be revised. Morphological and analytical evidence makes it possible to attribute the formation of the chernozem-like paleosol at the base of the section to MIS 5 (not older than MIS 5c). Previously, this paleosol was dated to MIS 3. If the proposed stratigraphy is confirmed, significant changes should be expected in our understanding of the distribution of Middle Paleolithic industries of various types: both Micoquian/KMG and blade industries within the south of Eastern Europe and the North Caucasus.
Keywords: South of the Russian Plain, Biryuchya Balka 2, Middle Palaeolithic, blade industries, Micoquian/KMG, chronostratigraphy, buried soils, Upper Pleistocene
Information about authors:
Alexander Otcherednoy (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191181, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-7616-5686
Yevgeniy Konstantinov (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Geographical Sciences. Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences. Staromonetniy Lane, 29, building 4, Moscow, 119017, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0003-0686-6342
Aleksey Danilchenko (Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russian Federation). Kamensk Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts and Folk Art. Karl Marx Ave., 56, Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, 347810, Rostov Oblast, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0003-2793-9088
Fatima Kurbanova (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences. Staromonetniy Lane, 29, building 4, Moscow, 119017, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0003-2088-0300
Nikita Sychev (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Geographical Sciences. Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences. Staromonetniy Lane, 29, building 4, Moscow, 119017, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0003-2799-5143
Andrey Zakharov (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Geographical Sciences. Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences. Staromonetniy Lane, 29, building 4, Moscow, 119017, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-0228-5172
Elena Mazieva (Moscow, Russian Federation). Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences. Staromonetniy Lane, 29, building 4, Moscow, 119017, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-7447-997X