Shepsi, the Oldest Dolmen with Port-Hole Slab in the Western Caucasus

V. A. Trifonov; G. I. Zaitseva; J. van der Plicht; A. A. Kraineva; A. A. Sementsov; A. Kazarnitsky; N. D. Burova; S. A. Rishko

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Shepsi, the Oldest Dolmen with Port-Hole Slab in the Western Caucasus

V. A. Trifonov, G. I. Zaitseva^*, J. van der Plicht, A. A. Kraineva, A. A. Sementsov, A. Kazarnitsky, N. D. Burova, S. A. Rishko

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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 C-14 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	743-752
Number of pages	10
Journal	Radiocarbon
Volume	56
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2458/56.16927
Publication status	Published - 2014

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