Preliminary results of dating for the Lower Paleolitic sites of Ukraine (Medzhibozh 1 and Medzhibozh A, Khmelnitskii region) by electron spin resonance method

• Date: 2018
• Main Authors: Qi, J. K., Blackwell, B. A. B., Singh, I. K., Stepanchuk, V. N., Blickstein, J. I. B., Florentin, J. A., Skinner, A. R.
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: S. Subbotin Institute of Geophysics of the NAS of Ukraine 2018
• Subjects: ESR dating; Lower Paleolithic; Medzhibozh; Ukraine; ESR isochron analyses; Middle Pleistocene; Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 11
• Online Access: https://journals.uran.ua/geofizicheskiy/article/view/140614
• Journal Title: Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal

In the West of Ukraine, the Medzhibozh site complex includes two multi-layered open-air Lower Paleolithic sites sitting at 49°35′ N 27°42′ E, 270 m amsl. In Medzhibozh I’s lower alluvial cycle, Layer 16a yielded Paleolithic artefacts, mainly choppers, chopping tools, and flakes with little secondary...