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The Amur River basin is one of the important
territories in the formation of the most ancient Neolithic cultures of the Far
East. This process occurred in the final Pleistocene – early Holocene. For this
period the Late Palaeolithic Selemja culture, and also Initial Neolithic
Gromatukha and Osipovka cultures are known. The first two cultures investigated
are located in the western part of the Amur River Basin. The Osipovka culture
sites occupy East Priamur’e (east part of the Amur River Basin). This report
analyzes the Initial Neolithic complex of the Osipovka Culture. Among the
topics discussed are spatial site distribution, the palaeogeographical
situation of the final Pleistocene, and the stratigraphy and chronology of the
Osipovka complex. New results have been received after the initial research of
the sites in the central part of the Osipovka Culture area (Khekhtsir
geoarchaeological district): Goncharka-1, Novotroitskoye-3, Osinovaya
Rechka-10, Osinovaya Rechka-16 etc., and are reported here.
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