Dating the Middle-to-Upper-Paleolithic Transition at Kara-Bom

The process of dating the middle-to-upper-Paleolithic transition at Kara-Bom, an open-air site located in the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast in Russia, is described and discussed. Excavations have revealed seven stratigraphically separate Upper Pleistocene cultural occupations.

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Published in:Current anthropology 1993-08, Vol.34 (4), p.452-458
Main Authors: Goebel, Ted, Derevianko, Anatoli P., Petrin, Valerii T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archaeological dating
Archaeology
Bones
Charcoal
Collagens
Excavations
Geology
Humans
Paleoanthropology
Prehistoric era
Radiocarbon
Radiocarbon dating
Russia
Scrapers
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Summary:The process of dating the middle-to-upper-Paleolithic transition at Kara-Bom, an open-air site located in the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast in Russia, is described and discussed. Excavations have revealed seven stratigraphically separate Upper Pleistocene cultural occupations.
ISSN:0011-3204
1537-5382
DOI:10.1086/204192