Ust-Voikarskoe the hillfort (the township of Voikarskiy): continue study in 2015

Situated in zone of permafrost the archaeological sites are the unique objects. The permafrost layers preserve the wooden constructions and numerous items made of organic materials. Settlement complexes take the special place with their preserved architecture, represented by not only individual constructions, but also vast in area architectural complexes. Ust-Voikarskoe the hillfort, which was located in the Subpolar region (Shuryshkary District of YaNAO) is one of these objects. According to written sources it relates to Voikarskiy township, which was one of the settlements of Obdorsk volost in 17th - the first half of the 19 th century. Site is stationary studied since 2003 intermittenly. The target of 2015 excavation campaign was the continue study of two preserve objects - the living constructions No. 7 and 9 in the area of previous excavations. These buildings belong to the group of large constructions (with a length of the walls more than 5 m), which differ in scale and planigraphic details from the objects of the small living development with a length of walls about 2.5-3 m, which were previously studied at the site. We fixed numerous technological details that permitted to reconstruct the processes of building and reconstruction of living constructions, peculiarities of their architecture and interior planigraphy. We retraced the evidences of ritual activity, associated with building of dwelling as well as with their abandonment. By virtue of well-preserved remains of various wooden constructions, the collection of dendrochronological samples was significantly supplemented. We obtained a collection of artifacts, including more than 700 complete items and their fragments made of wood, birchbark, bone, cloth, metal, clay.