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- Title
SHEPSI, THE OLDEST DOLMEN WITH PORT-HOLE SLAB IN THE WESTERN CAUCASUS.
- Authors
Trifonov, V. A.; Zaitseva, G. I.; van der Plicht, J.; Kraineva, A. A.; Sementsov, A. A.; Kazarnitsky, A.; Burova, N. D.; Rishko, S. A.
- Abstract
The dolmen known as Shepsi was accidentally discovered on the Black Sea coast (Tuapse region, Russia). Radiocarbon dates show that the classic trapezoidal construction of the Caucasian dolmens with a port-hole appeared in the region as early as 3250 BC. The distinctive structural characteristic for dolmens of that time was a floor slab laid between the side slabs, which were embedded in the ground. The material complex and 14C dates show that this type of dolmen coexisted with the Novosvobodnaya-type of the Maikop culture, located on the northern slope of the main Caucasus ridge. This leads to a new hypothesis concerning the regional origin and further development of the megalithic structures in the western Caucasus.
- Subjects
BLACK Sea Coast (Russia); NORTHERN Caucasus (Russia); DOLMENS; RADIOCARBON dating; TRAPEZOIDS; MAIKOP culture; MEGALITHIC monuments; INTERMENT; ANTIQUITIES
- Publication
Radiocarbon, 2014, Vol 56, Issue 2, p743
- ISSN
0033-8222
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2458/56.16927