Results of rescue archaeological fieldwork at the settlements Taylep-1 and Taylep-2 sites (Novokuznetsk district, Kemerovo region - Kuzbass) in 2020

From August to October 2020, the Department of Rescue Archaeological Research of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography SB RAS conducted the studies at the “Settlement Taylep-1” and “Settlement Taylep-2” sites. The sites are located on the gently sloping surface of the first terrace, located above the floodplain, of the Kondoma River. They were discovered by Yu.V. Shirin in 2003 together with the staff of the Kuznetsk Fortress Historical and Architectural Museum. The “Settlement Taylep-1” site was studied using 9 pickets with the total area 129.72 m2. Archaeological materials at the Taylep-1 site were not found. Archaeological material was recorded during an archaeological survey in May-June 2020, when a research pit was laid in the central part of the archaeological site. The “Settlement Taylep-2” site was studied using 233 pickets with the total area 5362.5 m2. During the work, the site’s dating was clarified. It was established that the Taylep-2 site is multilayered remains. In addition to the Late Paleolithic horizon, the Early Holocene as well as the Early Iron Age to ethnographic modernity horizons were recorded. Archaeological materials of horizon 1 are represented by destroyed metallurgical forges, iron ball, slag and fragments of clay. The horizon is dated within the broad range of the Early Iron Age to ethnographic modernity. Based on stratigraphic context and lithic industry appearance, the horizon 2 materials date back to the Mesolithic to Early Neolithic. Cultural horizon 3 of the settlement can be attributed to the Final Paleolithic (the second half of the Sartan Ice Age).