Institute of Geology and Mineralogy of SB RAS, 3 Academician Koptyug Av., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia [kuzmin@fulbrightmail.org]

Abstract. In this article, the results of works on the chronology and periodization of the Stone Age cultures of Kamchatka, carried out by I. Yu. Ponkratova on the basis of excavations at the Ushki V site with the use of some other materials and published in 2017–2021, are analyzed. Attention is drawn to the disregard of the data on the radiocarbon age of the Ushki sites obtained by other researchers. An extremely illogical comparison of Kamchatka cultures with the materials from far away regions (Japan, Korea, Sakhalin Island, and the Amur River basin) is discussed. Particular attention is given to the identification of the Neolithic period in Kamchatka by I. Yu. Ponkratova in the absence of any clear criteria for both the Neolithic itself and its sub-divisions. Numerous inconsistencies and mistakes by I. Yu. Ponkratova do not allow us to accept the her conclusions as reliable.

Keywords: Kamchatka, Stone Age, chronology, Periodization.

Received 21.01.2022, accepted 26.04.2022.

DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2022-1-92-102

For citation: Kuzmin Ya. V. Chronology and periodization of the Stone Age of Kamchatka (in the light of the 2017–2021 publications): discussion. Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 2022 (1), 92–102. (in Russ.). DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2022-1-92-102

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