The metal ages and medieval period. Рубрика в журнале - Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia

A morphological analysis of Malyshevo middle Neolithic pottery from the Lower Amur

Filatova I.V.

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A mortuary complex with animal skulls at Khankarinsky Dol, a Scythian age cemetery in the Northwestern Altai

Dashkovskiy P.K.

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This article presents a description of Khankarinsky Dol mound 34 on the left bank of the Inya River, 1–1.5 km southeast of Chineta, Krasnoshchekovsky District, Altai Territory. Excavations revealed a cist with a supine burial of a male, whose head was oriented to the east. Beyond the eastern wall of the cist, a horse cranium and three crania of sheep were placed. Features of the burial rite suggest that the burial belongs to the Korgantass type, which is distributed over the Altai-Sayan and Kazakhstan, with certain parallels in northern China. Principal categories of offerings are analyzed, including those associated with the horse. On their basis, the horse harness is reconstructed. On the basis of the typology of artifacts and radiocarbon analysis, the burial was dated to the 5th to 4th centuries BC (possibly late 5th to early 4th centuries BC). The Korgantass burials at Khankarinsky Dol and elsewhere in the Altai Mountains indicate a migration from the eastern part of the nomadic world, apparently from northern China or the Trans-Baikal region.

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A multidisciplinary study of burial mounds and a reconstruction of the climate of the Turan-Uyuk depression, Tuva, during the Scythian period

Kilunovskaya M.E., Semenov V.A., Glukhov V.O., Prikhodko V.E., Blyakharchuk T.A.

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A periodization of the timber-grave culture in the Western Orenburg region: archaeological and natural science-based evidence

Kuptsova L.V., Morgunova N.L., Salugina N.P., Khokhlova O.S.

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A ritual complex with deer stones at Uushigiin Uvur, Mongolia: composition and construction stages (based on the 2013 excavations)

Kovalev A.A., Rukavishnikova I.V., Erdenebaatar D.

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A runic inscription at Kalbak-Tash II, Central Altai, with reference to the location of the AZ tribe

Kubarev G.V.

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A study of Bronze age ceramics from the forest zone of Eastern Europe: what does the term “Fatyanovo-like” mean?

Volkova E.V.

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A study of human bones from a dwelling at Ust-Voikar, in the subarctic zone of Western Siberia

Batanina O.V., Garkusha Y.N., Novikov A.V., Pozdnyakov D.V., Zubova A.V.

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A study of silk fabric from the Xiongnu age under-headdress discovered at Yaloman II mound 51 in the Central Altai

Tishkin A.A., Orfinskaya O.V.

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We describe a large fragment of fabric from the under-headdress excavated from mound 51 at Yaloman II—a site on a high terrace near the place where the Bolshoy Yaloman fl ows into the Katun, Central Altai. Various criteria, including radiocarbon analysis, suggest that the burial dates to the Xiongnu Age (200 BC to 100 AD). The structure of the textile was assessed microscopically. On the basis of morphological criteria, the fi bers were identifi ed as silk. The fabric is described according to the accepted international standards. Results attest to the use of a treadle loom for producing polychrome silk fabric, from which the early nomads sewed a headdress in the form of a cap or bonnet. Such a prestigious material was produced in limited quantities in China to decorate details of clothing worn by the elite. Decorative silk items could have been imported from there to the Altai as gifts received by the leader of the nomadic Xiongnu Empire in Inner Asia. The Altai was part of this empire, as demonstrated by the entire assemblage of funerary items from Yaloman II.

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Above-ground frame buildings in Western Siberia: archaeological and ethnographic parallels

Adayev V.N., Zimina O.Y.

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Albazin, a Russian town on the Amur: population size in the late 1600s

Nesterov S.P.

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An Oirat sphero-cylindrical helmet and arming cap from the Central State Museum collection of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Bobrov L.А., Kabuldinov Z.E., Agatay O.M.

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An Old Turkic statue from Borili, Ulytau hills, Central Kazakhstan: issues in interpretation

Ermolenko L.N., Soloviev A.I., Kurmankulov Zh. K.

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We describe an unusual Old Turkic statue at Borili (Ulytau, Central Kazakhstan), distinguished by a peculiar position of hands and by an unusual object-a pickaxe held instead of a vessel. Stylistic features and possible prototypes among actual pickaxes suggest that the statue dates to 7th to early 8th centuries AD. The composition attests to the sculptor's familiarity with Sogdian/Iranian art and with that of China. Several interpretations of the statue are possible. The standard version regarding Old Turkic statues erected near stone enclosures is that they represent divine chiefs-patrons of the respective group. Certain details carved on the statue indicate an early origin of the image. It is also possible that such statues are semantically similar to those of guardians placed along the 'path of the spirits" near tombs of Chinese royal elite members.

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An assemblage from a medieval burial at lake Parisento, Gydan peninsula, the Arctic zone of Western Siberia

Gusev A.V., Plekhanov A.V., Podosenova Y.A.

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An early Bronze Age hoard of bronze tools from Dvin, Central Armenia

Gasparyan B., Korenevskiy S.N.

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We describe a hoard found in 2018 on a hilltop near the village of Dvin, Armenia, and comprising seven daggers and six adzes. Similar pickaxes and adzes were found in caches at Dzhrashen, Yerevan, and at Nahal-Mishmar, Israel. A peculiar feature of the Dvin adzes is that their blades are sharply rounded, resembling those of the Bronze Age battle axes. All the Dvin daggers belong to a single type, similar to tangless daggers of the Maikop culture, but more robust. Results of an X-ray diffraction analysis show that the Yerevan, as well as the Dvin, specimens are made of arsenic bronze, whose source is hard to determine. Judging by the typology and the presence of blanks, the Dvin hoard indicates local metalworking, a production of artisans working in the southern part of the Alaverdy mining area. According to GPS, the direct distance between the Dvin and Yerevan hoards is just 13 km. Both locations apparently belonged to one and the same metalworking region in Armenia, and both hoards date to the late 5th to early 4th millennia BC.

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An early Jurchen text among rock representations near the Arkhara river in the Amur basin (history, research results, and new evidence)

Zabiyako A.P.

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An early Pazyryk kurgan at Khankarinsky dol, Northwestern Altai: chronology and attribution of artifacts

Dashkovskiy P.K.

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An early iron age camp of reindeer hunters in the Bolshezemelskaya tundra, Nenets autonomous okrug

Murygin A.M., Kosintsev P.A., Marchenko-vagapova T.I.

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An early iron age foundry at Kargat-4, Southwestern Siberia

Durakov I.A., Kobeleva L.S.

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An elk figurine from Tourist-2, Novosibirsk: technological and stylistic features

Zotkina L.V., Basova N.V., Postnov A.V., Kolobova K.A.

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Most fi gurines from the Bronze Age cemetery Tourist-2 in Novosibirsk are anthropomorphic, and follow one and the same iconographic style, termed “Krokhalevka”. Two fragments, however, refer to a zoomorphic image—that of an elk. As they cannot be refi tted, a special analysis was carried out. Computer-aided measurements and statistical comparisons suggest that they belong to a single specimen. This is important for further study, the search for parallels, and interpretation. Stylistic comparison with other items of portable art from Tourist-2 is diffi cult, since these are anthropomorphic. Nonetheless, the analysis suggests that the elk fi gurine is a perfect match with the homogeneous and stable technological complex revealed by other specimens. In terms of technology and style, the elk fi gurine parallels those of the Late Angara fi gurative tradition. Because the Tourist-2 burial had not been dated, a preliminary AMS-date of 4601 ± 61 BP (3511–3127 cal BC) was generated. Given this date and the archaeological context of the elk fi gurine, it can provide a reference point for the cultural and chronological attribution of other stylistically and technically similar images.

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