Pages: 59-66

The paper is devoted to two Stone Age sites recently studied in the valleys of Sarata and Kogylnyk rivers. Their assemblages are not numerous but come from stratified sequences. Complex analysis of geomorphology, stratigraphy and fossil pollen spectra permit us to attribute both sites to the end of Pleistocene. Both sequences contain data on Extreme Inundations Epoch — a series of rapid climatic events that profoundly influenced the climate and landscape of the region.

Keywords: Budzhak, Final Palaeolithic, abrupt climatic events, Dryas III

Information about authors:

Andrey Chepalyga (Moscow, Russia). Doctor of Geographical Sciences. Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Staromonetniy pereulok, 29, Moscow, 119017, Russia
E-mail: [email protected]
Dmytro Kiosak (Odessa, Ukraine). Candidate of Historical Sciences. I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National University. Dvoryanskaya St., 2, Odessa, 65023, Ukraine
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