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Olenii ostrov: first radiocarbon dates from a major Mesolithic cemetery in Karelia, USSR
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Isotope AnalysisPrehistoric ArchaeologyEngineeringAccelerator Mass SpectrometryMajor Mesolithic CemeteryOlenii OstrovFirst Radiocarbon DatesArchaeologyAnthropologyFirst Radiocarbon DeterminationsGeochronologyLarge Prehistoric CemeteryLanguage StudiesRadiocarbon DatingEarth ScienceArchaeological EvidenceArchaeological Dating
The first radiocarbon determinations for a large prehistoric cemetery in Karelia, USSR, have been obtained using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) of several organic fractions from prehistoric human bone samples. These determinations suggest an age of c. 7500 b.p. for the burials, definitely within the Mesolithic period. Additional information from skeletal and isotope evidence confirm Olenii ostrov as a very important Mesolithic site in northern Europe.