The radiocarbon reservoir effect: new evidence from the cemeteries of the middle and lower Dnieper basin,Ukraine |
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| Authors: | Malcolm Lillie Chelsea Budd Inna Potekhina Robert Hedges |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Wetland Archaeology and Environments Research Centre, Department of Geography, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK;2. Department of Bioarchaeology, Institute of Archaeology, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine;3. Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, RLAHA, Dyson Perrins Building, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents preliminary results of new radiocarbon dating of human, faunal and fish skeletal remains from a number of the cemeteries from the Middle and Lower Dnieper Basin, Ukraine. The results appear to demonstrate the presence of a radiocarbon reservoir effect during the Neolithic–Eneolithic periods, the first time that this has been identified in this region. The data indicate that the radiocarbon reservoir effect is currently only evident during these periods, and not in the earlier Epipalaeolithic–Mesolithic periods, prompting the suggestion that the radiocarbon reservoir effect is associated with elevated fish consumption from the Neolithic period onwards. |
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| Keywords: | Radiocarbon reservoir effect Prehistoric cemeteries and sites Human bone Faunal remains Fish bone |
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