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Shepsi, The oldest dolmen with port-hole slab in the western Caucasus. / Trifonov, V. A.; Zaitseva, G. I.; Van der Plicht, J.; Kraineva, A. A.; Sementsov, A. A.; Kazarnitsky, A.; Burova, N. D.; Rishko, S. A.
In: Radiocarbon, Vol. 56, No. 2, 2014, p. 743-752.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Shepsi, The oldest dolmen with port-hole slab in the western Caucasus
AU - Trifonov, V. A.
AU - Zaitseva, G. I.
AU - Van der Plicht, J.
AU - Kraineva, A. A.
AU - Sementsov, A. A.
AU - Kazarnitsky, A.
AU - Burova, N. D.
AU - Rishko, S. A.
N1 - Copyright: Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The dolmen known as Shepsi was accidentally discovered on the Black Sea coast (Tuapse region, Russia). Radiocarbon dates show that the classic trapezoidal construction of the Caucasian dolmens with a port-hole appeared in the region as early as 3250 BC. The distinctive structural characteristic for dolmens of that time was a foor slab laid between the side slabs, which were embedded in the ground. The material complex and 14C dates show that this type of dolmen coexisted with the Novosvobodnaya-type of the Maikop culture, located on the northern slope of the main Caucasus ridge. This leads to a new hypothesis concerning the regional origin and further development of the megalithic structures in the western Caucasus.
AB - The dolmen known as Shepsi was accidentally discovered on the Black Sea coast (Tuapse region, Russia). Radiocarbon dates show that the classic trapezoidal construction of the Caucasian dolmens with a port-hole appeared in the region as early as 3250 BC. The distinctive structural characteristic for dolmens of that time was a foor slab laid between the side slabs, which were embedded in the ground. The material complex and 14C dates show that this type of dolmen coexisted with the Novosvobodnaya-type of the Maikop culture, located on the northern slope of the main Caucasus ridge. This leads to a new hypothesis concerning the regional origin and further development of the megalithic structures in the western Caucasus.
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U2 - 10.2458/56.16927
DO - 10.2458/56.16927
M3 - Article
VL - 56
SP - 743
EP - 752
JO - Radiocarbon
JF - Radiocarbon
SN - 0033-8222
IS - 2
ER -
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