North-Eastern State University, 13 Portovaya St., Magadan, 685000, Russia [ponkratova1@yandex.ru]

Abstract. The paper presents the evidence obtained in the course of complex studies of the multilayered site of Ushki V conducted in 2004–2011. Primary attention is paid to the description and analysis of the site stratigraphy. The deposits are subdivided into 38 lithological strata and contain four cultural layers. In addition, twelve tephra horizons associated with large volcanic eruptions have been identified. Radiocarbon data suggest that the site was intermittently occupied from the Final Pleistocene through the Middle Holocene. The available archaeological, stratigraphic and chronometric evidence allows to attribute cultural layers VI and VII to the period of the Paleolithic to Neolithic transition, while cultural layers V and IV can be dated to the Initial and Early Neolithic, respectively.

Keywords: Ushki site, Kamchatka, chronometry, tephrochronology, lithology, Final Pleistocene, Holocene, cultural layers.

Received 10.08.2021, revised 14.11.2021, accepted 22.11.2021.

DOI: 10.31600/2658- 3925-2021-2-92-107

For citation: Ponkratova I. Yu. Chronometry of the deposits of multi-layer Ushki V site (Kamchatka Peninsula), age, sequence and appearance of its cultural complexes. Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 2021 (2), 92–107. DOI: 10.31600/2658- 3925-2021-2-92-107

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