Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS, 18 Dvortsovaya emb., St. Petersburg, 191186, Russia [shchelinsky@yandex.ru]

Geological Institute RAS, 7 Pyzhevsky lane, Moscow, 119017, Russia [ogaydalen@yandex.ru]

Abstract. The ongoing archaeological explorations along the Azov Sea coast of the Taman peninsula between the villages of Peresyp’ and Za Rodinu led to the discovery of a new Lower Paleolithic site which was named Peresyp’. In the authors’ opinion it can be dated to the Early Acheulean period. The paper presents the first results obtained from this site. It is located on the ancient beach of a shallow water pool (sea bay or estuary). On the basis of the available paleomagnetic and stratigraphic evidence it can be dated to either the Jaramillo subchron (ca. 1 mya) or the beginning of the Brunhes chron (early Middle Pleistocene, ca. 700 kya). The stone inventory of Peresyp’ shows close parallels to the Taman Early Acheulean industry (1.4–1.0 mya), the site of which are situated nearby (Rodniki 1–4 and Bogatyri/Sinyaya Balka).

Keywords: Early Acheulean, Early-Middle Pleistocene, Peresyp’ site, Taman peninsula, Western Fore-Caucasus.

Received 09.12.2021, accepted 06.04.2022.

DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2022-1-5-27

For citation: Shchelinsky V. E., Gaidalenok O. V. Peresyp’. A new Early Acheulean site on the Taman peninsula, the Western Fore-Caucasus (a preliminary report). Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 2022 (1), 5–27. (in Russ.). DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2022-1-5-27

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