Das spätchalkolithische Steinkistengrab von Dolinka, Kr. Krasnoperekopsk, Ukraine: Neue spektralanalytische Untersuchung and absolute Chronologie
Journal: Eurasia antiqua: Zeitschrift für Archäologie Eurasiens
Year: 2014

The richly furnished grave of Dolinka in the Crimea finds parallels in graves of the Maikop period (second half of the 4th millenium BC) in the footgills of the North Caucasus. New chemical analyses, confirming the presence of arsenic-rich metal artefacts among the grave inventory of Dolinka, further substantiate this association. Artefacts made of pure copper, on the other hand, provide a clear indication for the use of non-Caucasian ore deposits in this period. The radiocarbon dating of the wo