Radiocarbon dating of the stone construction complexes from the late Holocene Olkhon region

This paper is devoted to the discussion of a few AMS radiocarbon dates made on ungulate bones, which were found among Late Holocene stone features associated with ritual and mortuary practices in Priol ''khon ''e region on the western shore of Lake Baikal in Siberia. The radiocarbon dating has brought new understanding of the chronology of the stone feature construction process during the Late Holocene and clearly demonstrates that further AMS radiocarbon dating of the materials from these features is necessary for better understanding of the timeline of their use. For example, dating results showed that some of the features associated with oval and ring-shaped forms were made throughout the wider time period, spanning from the 10 to 20 th centuries AD.