Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.15688/nav.jvolsu.2023.1.11
N. Seregin, M. Demin, S. Matrenin
The article presents the results of the materials study from kurgan 11 of the Karban-I site, excavated in 1989 by the expedition of the Barnaul State Pedagogical Institute. This archaeological complex is located on the left bank of the Katun river, 1.7 km northwest of the Kuyus village of Chemal district of the Altai Republic. The key characteristics of the fixed structures (mound with an oval-shaped crepe-laying; a shallow grave pit, a burial chamber in the form of a stone box) and the method of inhumation (single position of the corpse on the back; orientation of the deceased with his head to the western sector of the horizon; the absence of an accompanying burial of a horse) indicate that that this object belongs to the Karban tradition of ritual practice of the population of Altai of the 2nd century BC – 5th century AD. Analysis of the discovered inventory (horn onlays for a bow, combat knife, typesetting belt, bone arrowheads, awl, pendants and braids made of non-ferrous metal, beads) and its comparison with materials from synchronous complexes in adjacent territories became the basis for determining the chronology of the burial within the Early Xianbei period (2nd – early 3nd centuries AD). It was established that the set of objects included items that were typical for both female and male “standard” rite of the Altai nomads of this period. It is concluded that the buried individual, most likely a male, was a representative of the prosperous stratum of the ordinary population. Judging by the availability of means of long-range and close combat including numerous equipment, he was part of a group of professional warriors. At the same time, the deceased during his lifetime occupied a rather high position in a small group of pastoralists who left the Karban-I necropolis.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.15688/nav.jvolsu.2023.1.16
M. Krivosheev, Kseniya S Kovaleva, V. Moiseev, Alexander Dyachenko
The article summarizes the results of the All-Russian Scientific Conference with International Participation “Problems of Sarmatian Archeology and History” dedicated to the memory of Prof. Anatoly S. Skripkin. The leading theme of the conference is “Chronology and periodization of the Sauromat and Sarmatian cultures: Regional features”. The conference was held in Volgograd in May 2023 on the base of Volgograd State University.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.15688/nav.jvolsu.2023.1.13
D. Korobov, V. Malashev
This article publishes the results of archaeological excavations of five kurgans discovered using geophysical methods at the Beslan kurgan catacomb burial ground in the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania. Smallscale excavations in different parts of the vast Beslan necropolis make it possible to draw some conclusions. Firstly, the development of the necropolis proceeded in the east direction from the Zilgi settlement. Traces of an unfortified settlement were revealed 230 m from the eastern outskirts of the settlement which was identified by presence of several household pits. In this study, the eastern boundary of the settlement of Zilgi has demonstrably been traced at the time of its maximum expansion most likely dating back to the 3rd century AD. A total of 5 kurgans surrounded by small ditches and containing 6 burials were excavated. The earliest is the kurgan 878, which can be broadly dated back to the late 2nd and early 3rd century AD in terms of its construction design of the funerary structure. The kurgans 874 and 875 located on the eastern periphery of the necropolis can be dated back to the second or third quarter of the 4th century AD according to the characteristics of the strap set and obviously they reflect a period of maximum expansion of the burial area. In the second half of the 6th century AD, burials again occurred in the part of the necropolis adjacent to the fortress, as evidence by the kurgans 876 and 877 containing objects of that time. It is most likely that the population abandoned Zilgi fortified settlement in the 7th century AD, which is confirmed by both the known finds from the cultural layer of the monument, and the materials from the burial mounds published in this work. The reasons for this phenomenon have yet to be established; for the time being, it can be suggested that it might be connected both with environmental changes and with the military and political situation in the North-Eastern Caucasus at that time.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.15688/nav.jvolsu.2023.1.1
M. Balabanova
The article gives the subject of the work carried out by scientists of the Volgograd State University within the framework of an interdisciplinary approach in the study of archaeological sites of the Lower Volga region.
本文介绍了伏尔加格勒州立大学科学家在研究下伏尔加地区考古遗址的跨学科方法框架内所做的工作。
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.15688/nav.jvolsu.2023.1.14
A. Kharinskii, Orgilbayar Samdantsoodol, A. Korostelev, Dimaadjav Erdenebaatar, M. Portniagin
The article presents the results of a study of three burials of the Zuun hyaryn denzh 1 burial ground. It is located in Mongolia, on the northern shore of Lake Khubsugul, in the northeastern part of the village of Turt. The burial materials allow us to outline some stages of the cultural and chronological scheme of the history of the coast of Lake Khubsugul. When creating it, the features of the grave structure, the position of the deceased and the accompanying inventory were taken into account, which correlated with a certain time period. The materials of complexes 1, 2 and 9, the last of which was destroyed in ancient times, are considered. Information is given about the funerary structures, the position of the human skeleton, accompanying inventory and animal bones in them. Radiocarbon dates were obtained for two undisturbed burials. Mid-11th – mid-12th centuries is the construction time of complex 1, whereas late 12th – mid-13th is construction period of complex 2 which are the pre-imperial and the beginning of the imperial period of the history of Mongolia. It should be noted that these burials represent two funeral traditions, replacing one another. They are characterized by the location of the deceased elongated, on their backs in grave pits, which were overlapped from above with flat round-shaped masonry. Fragments of wooden boards and birch bark were found under and above the bones. Together with the deceased, parts of the carcass of a ram were placed in the grave. Most often it was the shin and loin of an animal. In complex 1, an iron arrowhead and a weapon tip with a shaft “palma” were found; in complex 2, iron stirrups, a quiver hook, a buckle, and a birch bark tuesok were found. It is concluded that in earlier burials, the deceased are oriented with their heads to the north and northeast, in later ones – to the northwest.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.15688/nav.jvolsu.2023.1.6
N. Berseneva
The study concerns the children as one of the social and demographic age groups that formed the early nomads‘ social structure. Burials of two chronological periods were studied: Sauromatian (late 6th – first half of 5th centuries BC) and Early Sarmatian (late 5th – 3rd centuries BC). The basis of the study was the materials of 26 kurgan burial grounds that contained anthropological identifications. The sample consisted of 139 individuals‘ remains from 125 grave pits. Then, an analysis of the grave goods was carried out according to the following age categories: 1) younger children’s age group (from birth to 2 years); 2) older children’s age group (from 2 to 10 years old); 3) “teenagers” (from 10 to 15 years old). The study has demonstrated that the Sauromatian sample was characterized by a small number of buried infants and toddlers; the bulk of the buried children were from 2 to 15 years old, and the group of “teenagers” was quite significant. The Early Sarmatian sample, on the contrary, demonstrated a significant number of infants among the deceased children, the number of burials of children from 2 to 10 years of age just slightly exceeded the number of infants. The group of “teenagers” was relatively small. The distribution of grave goods according to age groups in the Sauromatian and Early Sarmatian samples cannot be compared due to the small number of Sauromatian burials with the determination of the age-at-death. In general, in the Sauromatian burials, gender-linked items appeared only from adolescence (after 10 years). In the early Sarmatian sample, two main socially significant age groups of children were distinguished: from 0 to 5 years and from 5 to 15 years old. The first is characterized by the absolute predominance of gender-neutral accompanying grave goods and a high proportion of burials without surviving artefacts. The second group reflects the process of gender and age socialization.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.15688/nav.jvolsu.2022.2.14
V. Ivanov, E. Ruslanov, Anton Protsenko
Introduction. The Mongol conquest of the Eastern European steppes implies the presence of the conquerors themselves in the occupied territories which should be reflected in the archaeological monuments. The Ishkulovsky II burial mound is one of these monuments consisting of stone kurgans with a diameter of 3–5 m and a height of 0.15–0.2 m left by the nomads of the Golden Horde time from the territory of the Ulus of Jochi. The purpose of the article is to publish the materials of the necropolis and the authors’ attempt to identify the burials of the Mongols themselves for whom one of the main signs of funeral rites, among others, was the northern body orientation of the buried individuals. In the context of the article, the fact of Islamization of the Mongols under the influence of the Kipchaks is of considerable importance, which was reflected in the material of Kurgan 5, as well as in the burial mounds 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 where funeral things were not found. These burials can be considered Muslim with high certainty, if body orientation of the buried individuals is a western or north-western. Methods. The article uses the method of analogies and cross-dating to study the funeral rite and the material culture. The source of the study is 13 burials studied during the excavations of the 12 stone burial mounds of the Ishkulovsky II burial mound. Discussion and results. According to the funeral rite and clothing inventory, the burial mound was left by a mixed population of nomads, some of whom are associated with the Kipchaks, the other finds analogies among the burials of the Mongols. Thus, the dating of the necropolis fits into a narrow chronological period from the end of the 13th to the 14th century. A kind of confessional dualism can be observed in the rite in which both paganism and Islam were equally “legitimate” even within separate tribal divisions.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.15688/nav.jvolsu.2022.2.10
M. Balabanova, Aleksey I. Nechvaloda
Human skulls study occupies a special place in anthropology due to a significant informational role of this part of the skeleton in determining both general (group) and individual features enabling restoration of individual physical topology and lifetime appearance. The paper provides the anthropological type description of the ancient population from the Lower Volga region according to the data of craniology and sculptural anthropological reconstruction of the face from the skull. In the course of the study, two female and two male skulls were craniologically analyzed using the typological approach. Sculptural anthropological reconstructions were obtained for three skulls: the two female and one male. Reconstruction of the external appearance of the face from the skull of the second male skull was carried out using a digital method. Anthropological type featuring of the two female skulls from the Srubna culture and the pre-Sauromatian time burials allows us to determine their type as a Long-headed Caucasoids, predominant among the Late Bronze Age population. The male skulls of the Early Iron Age are also characterized by Caucasoid features, but they have a brachycranial skull and a weakened horizontal profiling of the face. The presence of a long-headed Caucasoid complex on the female skull from the pre-Sauromatian burial, combined with a crouched on the left side funeral rite, suggests that the studied individuals had a partial continuity from the Bronze Age population. The morphological features of the Sauromatian and Early Sarmatian skulls have analogies in the synchronous population of Western Kazakhstan, Southern Urals and the Lower Volga region. Visualization of the bone structures of the facial skull gives an idea of how the population from the Lower Volga region looked like in different eras.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.15688/nav.jvolsu.2022.2.15
V. Zolotovskiy, M. Krivosheev
The purpose of the paper is to identify high-potential organizational forms and developmental prospects of archaeological tourism in the Russian Federation. Despite the obvious importance of archaeological tourism for cultural and educational touristic activities, it is still underdeveloped in Russia. The reason might be a vague doctrinal understanding of archaeological tourism features. Educational and protective essence of archeological tourism in the field of cultural heritage preservation seems to be underestimated. Furthermore, low involvement of the State in the development and promotion of archaeological heritage can be observed. Several forms of archaeological tourism development can be currently distinguished in the global tourist market, including Education and Research based Archaeological Tourism mainly non-profit oriented and Culture and Recreation based Archaeological Tourism commercial in its nature. The authors of the paper consider complex archaeological cultural sites in the form of Archaeological Parks to be one of the most effective forms of archaeological tourism development. Open Archaeological Funds are another high-potential organizational form aiming at preserving and promoting Russian cultural heritage. Government regulation and conceptualization of the archaeological tourism development are also required in order to specify means of archaeological tourism stimulation demand and mechanisms for facilitating interaction between subjects and removing existing obstacles.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-01DOI: 10.15688/nav.jvolsu.2022.2.17
E. Kuznetsova, V. Lopatin
The article is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Professor Sergei Yu. Monakhov, Doctor of Sciences (History), whose whole life has been connected with Saratov State University. Professor Monakhov has passed all the stages of the university career from a junior researcher at the archaeological laboratory to a professor at the Department of Ancient World History. Currently, he is the head of this department and the head of the Institute of Archeology and Cultural Heritage of Saratov State University. Several large-scale scientific projects have been implemented under his scientific leadership.
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