ИСТИНА

Absolute dating of Early Paleolithic sites is a key task in archeology and the natural sciences. We talk about the relationship of two main geochronological methods – magnetostratigraphy and terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides dating – in the study of stratified archaeological sites. The dating of stone artifacts by the cosmogenic method for a long time remained challenging in the history of this method, that caused by unsuitable lithology of stone tools. We have modified the protocol of chemical sample preparation and have got the first successful results on cosmogenic absolute ages of Paleolithic artifacts.