Determinants of crops Mesolithic and Early Holocene

Abstract

The article presents the materials about the issues and criteria Mesolithic and early Holocene. The characteristic features of the Holocene epoch, including touched upon the degree of knowledge of the problem and a brief history of the study of Mesolithic complexes Kazakhstan. Including the territory of Kazakhstan spread peculiar culture of the Mesolithic. Identified cultural Atbasar, Mahanzhar, Kelteminar originate from the Mesolithic. Stone artifacts collection Mesolithic and Early Holocene according to their location differ. Due to the small number and poorly known Mesolithic sites in Kazakhstan is not resolved the question of chronology and periodization of the Mesolithic. The issue of the archaeological sites dating the period studied was carried out in the traditional way – through analogies and comparisons.