Chronology of the Mesolithic Ihren 8 Site (Central Ukraine)

Abstract

Chronology of the Mesolithic Ihren 8 Site (Central Ukraine)
The paper proposes a more precise chronology for the Mesolithic assemblages of the Ihren 8 site, Dnipro region, Central Ukraine. It is based on a critical revision of the 33 available radiocarbon dates and the presentation of two new AMS dates carried out on animal bones. The data indicate that there are at least four temporal Mesolithic horizons on the site of Ihren 8: three related to 8200–7600 calBCE and one significantly later event (post-6650 cal BCE). The assemblages with regular blades are thus notably earlier than usual in the Late Mesolithic here, so that one can postulate a Middle Mesolithic period in the South Ukraine.