Rescue archaeological excavation near Kansk in 2015

The rescue archaeological excavation were conducted in terms of measures for archaeological heritage preservation in the area of highway engineering near Kansk in 2015. Three studied objects are located on the right bank of the Kan River, upstream and to the southeast of the Kansk in the Krasnoyarsk region, and form part of Anzhevsk complex of sites. Geological and structural control and neotectonics predetermined specificity of Quaternary deposit formation in the area. Archaeological materials of the Nefteprovod 1 and 2 sites are distributed in three main cultural and stratigraphic levels. The first level is associated with Early Iron Age - Middle Ages and characterized by separate burials, wooden construction, metal items, including the mirror, lithic artifacts and fragments of ceramic vessels. The second level is related to Paleomethal and characterized by burial series, various metal and bone artifacts, and the fragments of ceramic vessels. The most of burials presents the body position on the back, headlong to the east and upstream. Some skeletons are partial or in disrupted anatomical condition. The burial assemblage includes the metal and stone tools, bronze ornaments. The level contained the socketed bronze axe, anthropomorphic figurine, cranked dagger of Karasuk character. Third level includes the lithic artifacts and faunal bones only and probably associates with Late Pleistocene - Early Holocene deposits. Analogical material can be found at the territory of Middle Yenisei River, Northern Angara region, Cis-Baikal. This research results significantly add the archaeological scheme of Kansk-Rybinsk Hollow.