Preliminary results of the study of the settlement and hunting complexes in the valley of the Ingu-Yagun river in the Surgut region of Khanty-Mansi autonomous okrug - Yugra in 2022

Rescue archaeological excavations of Ingu-Yagun 17 and a Yulvuimlor in the Surgut Region of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra were carried out by the IAET SB RAS in the fall of 2022. Structures 4 and 5 were studied at Ingu-Yagun 17. Based on their dimensional characteristics and morphology, deepening of archaeological structures in the process of ruining their load-bearing elements, it was concluded that these structures were constructed in the medieval period for passive hunting. However, the issues of interpretation and chronological attribution of these objects remain open due to the lack of artefacts.Potsherds with and without ornament were found in the reconstructed interdwelling area at Yulvuimlor. Ceramics are made of clay with an admixture of sand by sculptural modelling. Ceramics are fired in an oxidizing environment with oxygen access (the colour of the fragments is beige or light brown). The ceramic fragments typically bear stamped motifs: a round stamp motif, a zigzag made with a stamp with an elongated smooth edge, and equidistant pricked motifs. Parallels to decorations with stamped motifs made though similar pricking technique are the pottery from the Eneolithic complex of Nekh-Urii 3.2 on the Agan River. Based on the derived analytical data, we attribute the Yulvuimlor solitary depression to the Eneolithic - early Bronze Age. Formerly, full-scale archaeological field works have not been carried out in this area. Archaeological excavations on the Ingu-Yagun River have shown traces of human activity in this area. It is assumed that passive hunting has been developed on the Ingu-Yagun River since the Eneolithic era.