Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Problems of Periodization and Cultural Attribution of Archaeological Complexes of the End of the 3rd – middle of the 2nd Millennium BCE in the South-Eastern and Eastern Primorye

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Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2025 18 (11)
Authors
Belova, Irina V.; Klyuev, Nikolay A.
Contact information
Belova, Irina V.: Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, FEB RAS Vladivostok, Russian Federation; ; Klyuev, Nikolay A.: Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East, FEB RAS Vladivostok, Russian Federation
Keywords
Primorye; archaeological periodization; Final Neolithic; Early Paleometal; cultural genesis
Abstract

The article is devoted to the current problems of studying the transition period from the Neolithic to the Paleometal Epoch in the archaeology of Primorye. The primary focus is on debatable issues of periodization, cultural interpretation and cultural genesis of archaeological complexes grouped by researchers into the Margaritovskaya culture, the Phusunskaya group of the Lidovskaya culture or the Phusunskaya culture, dated to the end of the 3rd – middle of the 2nd millennium BCE. The problem of determining their stadial position (Early Paleometal, Final Neolithic, transitional period) is considered, based on differing viewpoints on determining the composition of complexes and assessing significant features (the presence of replicas of bronze artifacts, changes in pottery and lithic technologies). Questions regarding the origin of the Margaritovskaya/ Phusunskaya group are addressed, including hypotheses of autochthonous development and migration processes. The authors summarize the current state of research and identify key unresolved issues in the study of this period

Pages
2204–2217
EDN
HHFRKP
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/157898

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