Nikolay A. Krenke

Institute of Archaeology R AS, Moscow, Russia

E-mail: nkrenke@mail.ru

Keywords: radiocarbon dating, the Fatyanovo culture, the Abashevo culture.

The article analyzes a collection of 14 radiocarbon dates obtained for the Fatyanovo culture sites. These dates cover the chronological interval of 2750–1900 BC. Based on the analysis of the archaeological context, the author proposes a hypothesis that the time of the culture existence is determined by the ancient group of dates in the interval 2750–2500 (2300) BC, while the later group of dates is the result of dating errors.

DOI: 10.31857/S086960630004830-2