Radiocarbon Chronology of the Earliest Neolithic Sites in East Asia

The radiocarbon age of the earliest pottery from Russian Far East—Gromatukha and Osipovka cultures—is between around 13,300 BP and around 10,400 BP. This shows that the Amur River basin was one of the centers of origin of pottery in East Asia, at the end of the Pleistocene. Today, there are three ar...

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Published in:Radiocarbon 2001, Vol.43 (2B), p.1121-1128
Main Authors: Kuzmin, Yaroslav V, Keally, Charles T
Format: Article
Language:English
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D. Archaeology
II. Our ‘Wet’ Environment
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Summary:The radiocarbon age of the earliest pottery from Russian Far East—Gromatukha and Osipovka cultures—is between around 13,300 BP and around 10,400 BP. This shows that the Amur River basin was one of the centers of origin of pottery in East Asia, at the end of the Pleistocene. Today, there are three areas within East Asia with pottery-associated 14C dates between around 14,000 BP and 13,000 BP—southern China, the Japanese Isles, and Russian Far East.
ISSN:0033-8222
1945-5755
DOI:10.1017/S0033822200041771