The Mesolithic of the northwestern Pontic region: New AMS dates for the origin and spread of the blade and trapeze industries in southeastern Europe
Journal: Eurasia antiqua: Zeitschrift für Archäologie Eurasiens
Year: 2010

The new AMS dates from Myrne (Northwestern Pontic Region), Laspi 7 (Crimea) and Igren' 8 (Dnieper Rapids Regions) show taht all these Mesolithic sities were inhabited during the second half of the Boreal period. These results contribute to the understanding of the chronology of the Mesolithic settlement of the Ukraine, and the orgin and spread of the blade and trapeze assemblages in southeast Europe. Although the new dates do nt help us clarify the sequence of the Preboreal and Early Atlantic ar