Pages: 293-320 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp241293320
The Palaeolithic site of Solnechny was discovered in in the city of Krasnoyarsk (Middle Siberia) in 2017. The site is located on the high terrace levels of the left side of the Yenisei River valley, at a considerable distance from the modern river bed. During the salvage excavations in 2019 and 2020 the site was studied over an area of more than 3500 square meters. The rich Paleolithic cultural layer was included in the profile of modern chernozem and has been significantly disturbed by modern agricultural and industrial activities. Based on complex studies including morpho-typological, refitting and technological methods, a conclusion was made about the homogeneity of the lithic industry and its affiliation with the Afontovo culture. According to the series of radiocarbon dates the age of the site is in the range of 17.2—15.7 14C thousand yr BP (21.0—18.8 thousand ka BP). This allows us to attribute it to the earliest known stage of the Late Upper Paleolithic of the Middle Yenisei. In addition, a Middle Holocene pit interpreted as a hunting trap and sporadic artifacts of the Middle Ages — Modern times were found at the site. The underlying sediments of the Late Karga (MIS-3) and Early Sartan (MIS-2) ages gave some faunal remains without identifiable traces of human impact.
Keywords: Middle Yenisei, Krasnoyarsk archaeological region, Upper Paleolithic, lithic industry, faunal remains, stable isotopes, radiocarbon chronology, Afontovo culture
Information about authors:
Dmitry Gurulev (Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation). Autonomous non-commercial organization “Siberian Archaeological Studies” . Gorky St., 34, Krasnoyarsk, 660099, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-6992-3183
Alexander Kolesnik (Donetsk). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Donetsk State University. Universitetskaya st., 24, Donetsk, 283001
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-4933-8438
Alexey Klementiev (Irkutsk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Geographical Sciences. Institute of the Earths Crust, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Lermontov St., 128, Irkutsk, 664033, Russian Federation; Scientific-production Association “Archaeological Planning and Survey” LLC. Mira Ave., 25, building 1, Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-2129-7072
Viktor Golubtsov (Irkutsk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Geographical Sciences. V. B. Sochava Institite of Geography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Ulanbatorskaya St., 1, Irkutsk, 664033, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0003-1644-5453
Marina Opekunova (Irkutsk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Geographical Sciences. V. B. Sochava Institite of Geography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Ulanbatorskaya St., 1, Irkutsk, 664033, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-7140-9995
Alexey Petrozhitskiy (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation). Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Lavrentiev ave., 11, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation; Novosibirsk State University. Pirogova St., 2, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation; Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Lavrentiev ave., 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-6653-2232
Danil Lysenko (Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation). “Krasnoyarsk’s Geoarchaeology” Ltd. Mira Ave., 25, building 1, Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0009-0004-2607-120X