First radiocarbon dates from the Zamil-Koba 1 site in Crimea

The paper is the first to publish the results of five radiocarbon dates obtained by the AMS-method using bones of terrestrial animals from the excavations of the Zamil-Koba 1 site in Southwestern Crimea conducted by D. A. Kraynov in 1935-1937. Until recently, only four Final Paleolithic and Mesolithic sites of mountainous Crimea, namely, Shan-Koba, Skalisty rock shelter, Shpan-Koba and Buran-Kaya had the series of dates obtained by the AMS-method. The new series of radiocarbon dates made it possible to date the upper and the lower occupation layers at Zamil-Koba 1 to the first half of the Alleroed and the first half of the Boreal period, respectively.