Abstract The paper presents the newly established radiocarbon dates of the Late Upper Palaeolithic (LUP) settlement in Gvardjilas Klde in the Imereti region in Georgia. The analysed samples were collected by Stefan Krukowski in 1916 during his fieldwork in the cave. Krukowski identified two separate UP cultural horizons. The older one was connected with what he called layer 10, and the younger one - with layer 11. The obtained radiocarbon dates confirm the results obtained by Krukowski. The older settlement phase can be dated to 19.7–18.8 ky cal. BP, while the younger one to 15.8–14.7 ky cal. BP. The end of human occupation can be linked to the beginning of the Holocene. Interestingly, the presented probability density models show that Gvardjilas Klde was occupied interchangeably with other sites in the region. There is no other site in the Imereti region with chronology similar to any of the settlement phases in Gvardjilas Klde. The only chronologically corresponding sites are Mezmaiskaya Cave and Badynoko Rockshelter in the Northern Caucasus.

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填补空白：佐治亚州 Gvardjilas Klde 的旧石器时代晚期定居点

摘要 本文介绍了格鲁吉亚 Imereti 地区 Gvardjilas Klde 晚期旧石器时代晚期 (LUP) 定居点新确定的放射性碳年代。Stefan Krukowski 于 1916 年在洞穴中进行实地考察时收集了分析的样本。Krukowski 确定了两个独立的 UP 文化视野。较老的与他所谓的第 10 层有关，而较年轻的与第 11 层有关。获得的放射性碳数据证实了 Krukowski 获得的结果。较旧的沉降阶段可以追溯到 19.7-18.8 ky cal。BP，而年轻的 15.8-14.7 ky cal。BP。人类占领的结束可以与全新世的开始联系起来。有趣的是，所呈现的概率密度模型显示 Gvardjilas Klde 与该地区的其他站点可互换使用。伊梅列季地区没有其他地点的年代与 Gvardjilas Klde 的任何定居阶段相似。唯一按时间顺序对应的地点是北高加索的 Mezmaiskaya Cave 和 Badynoko Rockshelter。