A V Epimakhov
Biographic Data
| ID | 49255 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A V Epimakhov |
| GIVEN NAMES | A V |
| FAMILY NAME | Epimakhov |
| SIGNATURE | EPIMAKHOV A V |
| AFFILIATIONS | South Ural State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0141-1026 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 49 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 168 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 48 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Meat Supply of Alakul Miners at the Bronze Age Vorovskaya Yama Copper Mine (Southern Trans-Urals)
In this paper, we analyze what can be learned about the meat supply of the Alakul miners of the Late Bronze Age using archaeozoology, Sr-isotope analysis, and radiocarbon dating techniques. The study is based on a sample of domestic animal bone originating from the Vorovskaya Yama copper mine site in the southern Trans-Urals. The site functioned over a period of about two centuries starting around 1600 BCE. Cattle, caprines, and horses constitute…
Interdisciplinary Archaeology
The article reviews the issue of integrating methods from different sciences into archaeological research. The study assesses how this process influences the scientific practice. The author emphasizes the key aspects of the contemporary approach which provides a more comprehensive analysis of archaeological data. In particular, the research observes such notions as multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity and focuses on th…
Sintashta mines
The article colligates the current evidence of the development of copper deposits by the Sintashta population in the Bronze Age Southern Trans-Urals. The study summarizes data of the radiocarbon dating and culturally identifiable ceramic fragments found at the mining sites. The paper discusses features of the mineral composition of copper ores from Sintashta burials determined by electron microscopy. So far, only two ancient mines, Novotemirsky a…
Interpretation of the Analysis of Stable Nitrogen and Carbon Isotopes in Human and Animal Bone Tissue (Selivanovsky II Burial Ground in the Southern Trans-Urals)
This article discusses the possibility of reconstructing the meat and dairy protein diet using the stable nitrogen and carbon isotope analysis in human and animal bone collagen. Burial mound 1 at the Selivanovsky II burial ground in the Bashkir Trans-Urals, dated to the 18th–16th centuries cal BC according to radiocarbon analysis, was chosen for research. The paleo-DNA analysis of 19 out of 22 individuals buried in the mound indicated that it was…
Influence of radiocarbon dating procedure on contentive interpretations (Neplyuevsky Bronze Age cemetery in the Trans-Ural region)
When findings of radiocarbon dating differ from method to method, researchers deal with this issue in absolutely different ways. This study is a case that compares two dating series of one Late Bronze kurgan. This kurgan is one of the Srubnaya-Alakul antiquities in the South Transurals. Even though the researched material is the same (human bone collagen), the scope of findings is comparable (19 LSC dates and 29 AMS dates) and the same individual…
Funeral Practices of the Final Bronze Age in the Southern Trans-Urals
The article examines the problem of interpreting burials from settlements of the Final Bronze Age in the Southern Trans-Ural region. The aim of the research is to identify factors that influenced burial practices during this period. Fieldwork and analytical studies were conducted at the Ogorodnaya site, and the results have been presented. Methods such as physical anthropology, radiocarbon dating, isotope analysis of strontium, nitrogen and carbo…
Radiocarbon Chronology of the Bronze Age Fedorovka Culture (New Data Relevant to an Earlier Problem)
Представлены результаты раскопок и датирования могильника федоровской культуры Звягино-1 в Южном Зауралье. Памятник состоит из 12 небольших курганов, в каждом из них от одной до трех могил разной конструкции, покойные кремированы, в составе инвентаря типичная посуда федоровской культуры. Датированы кости домашних животных, находившиеся на подкурганной площадке либо в могильной яме. Новые даты сопоставлены с полученными ранее. Статистический анали…
Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Mineralogy “Of the Space of this Word
The paper presents the information about the Annual All-Russian Conference with international participation named after Professor Victor V. Zaykov “Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Mineralogy”, which has been held since 2014 at the South Ural Federal Research Center of Mineralogy and Geoecology UB RAS in Miass, Chelyabinsk Region. The main topic of the Conference is devoted to the analysis of technologies and raw material base of ancient and med…
Alakul textiles based on 87Sr/86Sr isotopes analysis
The article focuses on determining the possible regions of origin of wool fiber in Bronze Age Alakul textiles from the Southern Trans-Urals (first half of the 2nd millennium BC). The main method is the analysis of 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratios. The comparison was made for values of 12 textile samples from the Stepnoye VII, Alakul and Agapovka II burial grounds with those on interpolated background maps of bioavailable strontium and for other archaeobi…
Radiocarbon Chronology of the Bronze Age Fedorovka Culture (New Data Relevant to an Earlier Problem)
This article presents the results of excavations and dating of the Fedorovka culture cemetery of Zvyagino-1 in the Southern Trans-Urals. It consists of 12 small kurgans, each of which contains from one to three differently arranged graves with cremations. The funerary items include typical Fedorovka clay vessels. We estimated the age of bones of domestic animals found on the area under the kurgan or in graves. The new dates were compared with tho…
Were metalworkers itinerant? Interdisciplinary analysis of a metalworker's burial at the Krivoe Ozero late Bronze Age cemetery (southern Trans-Urals, Russia)
Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Mineralogy—2021
The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited
This book examines the impact of ancient DNA research and scientific evidence on our understanding of the emergence of Indo-European languages in prehistory. Offering cutting-edge contributions from an international team of scholars, it considers the driving forces behind the Indo-European migrations during the 3rd and 2nd millenia BC. The volume explores the rise of the world's first pastoral nomads the Yamnaya Culture in the Russian Pontic step…
Alakul Culture Chronology (New Materials for Discussion)
Статья рассматривает проблемы радиоуглеродной хронологии одной из ключевых археологических культур андроновской общности позднего бронзового века. Целью работы является создание надежных оснований для алакульской хронологии на примере Южного Зауралья как ключевого региона становления традиций, зоны взаимодействия с другими культурами. Вводятся в оборот новые результаты датирования (могильник Алксандро-Невский-1), проведено статистическое обобщени…
Seasonality of Sintashta Funerary Rites (Based on the Kamennyi Ambar-5 Bronze Age Cemetery)
Based on archaeological materials from the Kamennyi Ambar-5 cemetery, we test the hypothesis about the connection between the seasonality of pastoral practices and funerary rites during the Late Bronze Age (early 2nd millennium BC). We studied growth layers in the teeth of 24 cows, 19 sheep/goats, 14 horses, a dog, and ten humans from 17 graves. We combined samples from various species from the same contexts into eight assemblages. With regard to…
Pro et contra of frontier interpretation of Sintashta antiquities (Bronze Age in the Southern Urals)
The practice of archaeological research often illustrates situations where the sum of facts does not corre-spond to the cultural-historical approach; it is impossible to squeeze this sum into the framework of the term "ar-chaeological culture". Deviations from his canonical understanding of the term may relate to the duration of the phenomenon, its spatial distribution or the degree of stereotyping of material culture and rituals. The frontier ca…
Attributes From the Chariot Complex From the Vladimirovka Bronze Age Burial Ground (Southern Trans-Urals)
Изучение мобильности древних обществ в последние годы опирается в основном на мультидисциплинарные исследования. Статья демонстрирует возможности археологических источников в изучении мобильности на примере одного археологического памятника, содержавшего атрибуты колесничного комплекса (псалии и распределитель перекрестных ремней оголовья). Типология псалиев указывает на их петровскую с синташтинскими чертами культурную атрибуцию, а керамический …
Radiocarbon chronology of Bronze Age mines in the Southern Trans-Urals
The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes
Domestication of horses fundamentally transformed long-range mobility and warfare 1 . However, modern domesticated breeds do not descend from the earliest domestic horse lineage associated with archaeological evidence of bridling, milking and corralling 2–4 at Botai, Central Asia around 3500 bc 3 . Other longstanding candidate regions for horse domestication, such as Iberia 5 and Anatolia 6 , have also recently been challenged. Thus, the genetic,…
Fortifi ed Settlement Andreevskoye. History of Functioning Based on the Results of Multidisciplinary Research
The Andreevskoye settlement (Bredinsky district of the Chelyabinsk Region, the left bank of the Sintashta River of the Tobolsk basin) belongs to a rare type of sites of the Trans-Ural Bronze Age with dense housing development, enclosed by a system of walls and ditches. Deciphering archival aerial photography, the use of low-depth geophysics (micromagnetic survey and ground penetrating radar), analysis of the microrelief, and test pits allowed us …
Multidisciplinary Archaeological Research in the Study of Migration and Mobility (Bronze Age of the Southern Urals)
A New Study of the “Biography” of a Unique Bronze Age Complex
Chronological relationship between the fortified settlement of Kamennyi Ambar and the Kamennyi Ambar-5 cemetery in the Southern Trans-Urals
By means of the Bayesian analysis of radiocarbon dates, a comparison of chronologies of the Kamennyi Ambar settlement and the cemetery of Kamennyi Ambar-5 of the Late Bronze Age Syntashta-Petrovka period has been carried out. Both sites are situated in the valley of the Karagaily-Ayat River in Kartalinsky district of Chelyab-insk Region (Russia). Comparison of the pottery assemblages of the settlement and the cemetery demonstrates their similarit…
Radiocarbon Arguments for the Abashevo Origin of the Sintashta Traditions in the Bronze Age
The article compares the chronology of some Bronze Age cultural traditions in the Volga river region and Southern Urals. The aim of the work is to test the hypothesis of oncoming migration flows of carriers of the Abashevo and Seima-Turbino traditions by determination of chronological positions for territorial groups based on the analysis of radiocarbon dates series. The groups were formed according to the cultural and territorial principle (Abas…
Wells as a Source of Cultural and Chronological Information
В статье проанализированы 44 радиоуглеродные даты, полученные при изучении 18 колодцев разных периодов бронзового века на поселении Каменный Амбар в Южном Зауралье. На предварительном этапе работы были определены статистические выбросы, что повысило достоверность выводов. Фрагменты керамики из заполнения колодцев, контекстуальный анализ и результаты датирования позволили провести культурную атрибуцию почти всех объектов (31 из 34). Проанализирова…
Towards a refined chronology for the Bronze Age of the southern Urals, Russia
Cultural interactions in central Russia are famously complex, but of very wide significance. Within the social changes they imply are contained key matters for Europe and Asia: the introduction of Indo-Europeans and other languages, the horse and the chariot, and the transition towards nomadism. Of crucial importance to future research is a sturdy chronological framework and in this contribution the authors offer 40 new radiocarbon dates spanning…
Eurasian Steppe Chariots and Social Complexity During the Bronze Age
Bronze Age diet and economy
The Petrovka Bronze Age Sites
This article introduces a series of AMS radiocarbon dates for the Bronze Age Petrovka cemeteries in the Trans-Urals. The results of the AMS14C-dating of animal and human bones indicate a very high degree of concordance in the 19th and 18th centuries cal BC time range. The previously obtained AMS datings clearly fi t into the same chronological interval. Specifi cally, 17 of 36 analyses of the Petrovka series yielded very similar results. In other…
Archaeological studies of the Kamenny Ambar (Olgino) fortified settlement
The present study was conducted within the framework of the interdisciplinary project supported by the Presidium of the Ural Branch RAS, "Interdisciplinary Study of the Bronze Age Sites in the Southern Urals," and the Joint Russian-German Project (RFBR 09-06-91330-ННИО_а
Weaning practices among pastoralists
OBJECTIVES: N) isotopic analyses of human bone collagen from Kamennyi Ambar 5, a Middle Bronze Age cemetery located in central Eurasia. The results presented are unique for the time period and region, as few cemeteries have been excavated to reveal a demographic cross-section of the population. Studies of weaning among pastoral societies are infrequent and this research adds to our knowledge of the timing, potential supplementary foods, and cessa…
Radiocarbon chronology of Bronze Age mines in the Southern Trans-Urals
Metal Production, Mortuary Ritual, and Social Identity
The study aims at a social interpretation of the Sintashta burials, southern Ural (21st–18th century BC cal.), where artifacts related to bronze metallurgy (molds, ceramic nozzles, ore and slag remains, metal bars and drops) had been placed. These were found in at least 10 % of graves. If stone hammers and abrasive tools are included, the share increases to one-sixth. The fi ndings apparently indicate the social identity of those buried and point…
Early horse bridle with cheekpieces as a marker of social change
Wells as a Source of Cultural and Chronological Information
This article presents 44 radiocarbon dates from 18 water wells of different Bronze Age periods at Kamennyi Ambar settlement, in the southern Trans-Urals. At the preliminary stage, statistical outliers were identified, which enhanced the reliability of the conclusions. Potsherds from the filling of the wells, contextual analysis of dating samples, and 14C dates allowed us to carry out the cultural attribution of nearly all wells (31 out of 34). Th…
The absolute chronology of the Late Bronze Age settlements Kammenyi Ambar and Ust'ye I in the Southern Trans-Urals and its Bayesian analysis
In this paper, we examine the series of AMS radiocarbon measurements (N = 52) obtained from the Late Bronze Age settlements of Kamennyi Ambar and Usty'e I in the Southern Trans-Urals, Russia. The exploratory data analysis applied to uncalibrated dates allows for the batches and outliers isolation. Furthermore, based on the facts of stratigraphy and application of the Bayesian statistics, we reconstruct the chronology, estimate spans of habitation…
Bronze Age Charioteers of the Eurasian Steppe
Diese Studie beschäftigt sich mit der Funktion und der Rolle bronzezeitlicher Streitwagen und ihrer Lenker, die aus Grabkontexten des südlichen Ural bekannt sind. Im Focus des Beitrags stehen die Präsentation der Ausgrabungsbefunde eines Gräberfeldes nahe des Dorfes Stepnoye (südlicher Trans-Ural, Sintashta, Petrovka und Alakul ’Kulturen) sowie die Rekonstruktion sozialer Identitäten von Individuen (Geschlecht, Alter, Berufszugehörigkeit), in der…
Chronology of the Uralian Neolithic1
Until the early 2000s, the chronology of the Uralian Neolithic was based on isolated radiocarbon dates and on V.N. Chernetsov's and O.N. Bahder's typological schemes. In 2007 we began directly dating ceramics tempered with organic substances. As a result, a long series of reliable dates was generated. A total of 212 estimates has been analyzed, spanning various Neolithic cultures of the Urals. The entire period lasted from the late 7th to the lat…
Were metalworkers itinerant? Interdisciplinary analysis of a metalworker's burial at the Krivoe Ozero late Bronze Age cemetery (southern Trans-Urals, Russia)
Chronological relationship between the fortified settlement of Kamennyi Ambar and the Kamennyi Ambar-5 cemetery in the Southern Trans-Urals
By means of the Bayesian analysis of radiocarbon dates, a comparison of chronologies of the Kamennyi Ambar settlement and the cemetery of Kamennyi Ambar-5 of the Late Bronze Age Syntashta-Petrovka period has been carried out. Both sites are situated in the valley of the Karagaily-Ayat River in Kartalinsky district of Chelyab-insk Region (Russia). Comparison of the pottery assemblages of the settlement and the cemetery demonstrates their similarit…
New data on Bronze Age jewelry in the Southeastern Urals
New finds relating to the jewelry of the Alakul people are described. The analysis of molds indicates a much greater variation of ornaments compared to that implied by funerary items. The technology of jewelry is reconstructed. Personal adornments may have been made not only of bronze but of precious metals as well
Meat Supply of Alakul Miners at the Bronze Age Vorovskaya Yama Copper Mine (Southern Trans-Urals)
In this paper, we analyze what can be learned about the meat supply of the Alakul miners of the Late Bronze Age using archaeozoology, Sr-isotope analysis, and radiocarbon dating techniques. The study is based on a sample of domestic animal bone originating from the Vorovskaya Yama copper mine site in the southern Trans-Urals. The site functioned over a period of about two centuries starting around 1600 BCE. Cattle, caprines, and horses constitute…
Revisiting Radiocarbon Argumentation of Early Dating of Alakul' Antiquities
( AMS-)
Chronology of the Chalcolithic and the Early Bronze Age in the Urals1
Sociocultural processes in the Uralian Chalcolithic were determined both by the evolutionary changes in the local post-Neolithic societies and by the migratory activity of the southern human groups, which fact makes the cultural and historical analysis of archeological records problematic. Until recently, the chronology and periodization of the Uralian Chalcolithic were based mainly on stratigraphy, artifacts typology, and intuition. In the artic…
Radiocarbon Chronology of the Bronze Age Fedorovka Culture (New Data Relevant to an Earlier Problem)
This article presents the results of excavations and dating of the Fedorovka culture cemetery of Zvyagino-1 in the Southern Trans-Urals. It consists of 12 small kurgans, each of which contains from one to three differently arranged graves with cremations. The funerary items include typical Fedorovka clay vessels. We estimated the age of bones of domestic animals found on the area under the kurgan or in graves. The new dates were compared with tho…
Seasonality of Sintashta Funerary Rites (Based on the Kamennyi Ambar-5 Bronze Age Cemetery)
Based on archaeological materials from the Kamennyi Ambar-5 cemetery, we test the hypothesis about the connection between the seasonality of pastoral practices and funerary rites during the Late Bronze Age (early 2nd millennium BC). We studied growth layers in the teeth of 24 cows, 19 sheep/goats, 14 horses, a dog, and ten humans from 17 graves. We combined samples from various species from the same contexts into eight assemblages. With regard to…
Between Bronze and Iron Ages (burial ground Shatmantamak I in Bashkortostan)
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Cultural attribution vs radiocarbon chronology (on the example of materials from the Bronze Age burial ground of Shatmantamak I)
The article presents the results of excavations at the Shatmantamak I burial ground located in steppe zone of the Southern Urals (south-west of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia). The materials of the site combine the features of the Late Bronze Age Srubnaya and Alakul archaeological cultures dated to the first half of the 2nd mil. cal BC. With this work, we aimed to test the interpretation possibilities for the obtained materials, proceed-in…
The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron Ages
This book is the first synthesis of the archaeology of the Urals and Western Siberia. It presents a comprehensive overview of the late prehistoric cultures of these regions, which are of key importance for the understanding of long-term changes in Eurasia. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, the Urals and Western Siberia are characterized by great environmental and cultural diversity which is reflected in the variety and richness of their archa…
Towards a refined chronology for the Bronze Age of the southern Urals, Russia
Cultural interactions in central Russia are famously complex, but of very wide significance. Within the social changes they imply are contained key matters for Europe and Asia: the introduction of Indo-Europeans and other languages, the horse and the chariot, and the transition towards nomadism. Of crucial importance to future research is a sturdy chronological framework and in this contribution the authors offer 40 new radiocarbon dates spanning…
Archaeological studies of the Kamenny Ambar (Olgino) fortified settlement
The present study was conducted within the framework of the interdisciplinary project supported by the Presidium of the Ural Branch RAS, "Interdisciplinary Study of the Bronze Age Sites in the Southern Urals," and the Joint Russian-German Project (RFBR 09-06-91330-ННИО_а
New data on Bronze Age jewelry in the Southeastern Urals
New finds relating to the jewelry of the Alakul people are described. The analysis of molds indicates a much greater variation of ornaments compared to that implied by funerary items. The technology of jewelry is reconstructed. Personal adornments may have been made not only of bronze but of precious metals as well
Chronology of the Chalcolithic and the Early Bronze Age in the Urals1
Sociocultural processes in the Uralian Chalcolithic were determined both by the evolutionary changes in the local post-Neolithic societies and by the migratory activity of the southern human groups, which fact makes the cultural and historical analysis of archeological records problematic. Until recently, the chronology and periodization of the Uralian Chalcolithic were based mainly on stratigraphy, artifacts typology, and intuition. In the artic…
Chronology of the Uralian Neolithic1
Until the early 2000s, the chronology of the Uralian Neolithic was based on isolated radiocarbon dates and on V.N. Chernetsov's and O.N. Bahder's typological schemes. In 2007 we began directly dating ceramics tempered with organic substances. As a result, a long series of reliable dates was generated. A total of 212 estimates has been analyzed, spanning various Neolithic cultures of the Urals. The entire period lasted from the late 7th to the lat…
Population genomics of Bronze Age Eurasia
The Bronze Age of Eurasia (around 3000–1000 BC) was a period of major cultural changes. However, there is debate about whether these changes resulted from the circulation of ideas or from human migrations, potentially also facilitating the spread of languages and certain phenotypic traits. We investigated this by using new, improved methods to sequence low-coverage genomes from 101 ancient humans from across Eurasia. We show that the Bronze Age w…
Early Divergent Strains of Yersinia pestis in Eurasia 5,000 Years Ago
The bacteria Yersinia pestis is the etiological agent of plague and has caused human pandemics with millions of deaths in historic times. How and when it originated remains contentious. Here, we report the oldest direct evidence of Yersinia pestis identified by ancient DNA in human teeth from Asia and Europe dating from 2,800 to 5,000 years ago. By sequencing the genomes, we find that these ancient plague strains are basal to all known Yersinia p…
Metal Production, Mortuary Ritual, and Social Identity
The study aims at a social interpretation of the Sintashta burials, southern Ural (21st–18th century BC cal.), where artifacts related to bronze metallurgy (molds, ceramic nozzles, ore and slag remains, metal bars and drops) had been placed. These were found in at least 10 % of graves. If stone hammers and abrasive tools are included, the share increases to one-sixth. The fi ndings apparently indicate the social identity of those buried and point…
Revisiting Radiocarbon Argumentation of Early Dating of Alakul' Antiquities
( AMS-)
Weaning practices among pastoralists
OBJECTIVES: N) isotopic analyses of human bone collagen from Kamennyi Ambar 5, a Middle Bronze Age cemetery located in central Eurasia. The results presented are unique for the time period and region, as few cemeteries have been excavated to reveal a demographic cross-section of the population. Studies of weaning among pastoral societies are infrequent and this research adds to our knowledge of the timing, potential supplementary foods, and cessa…
Bronze Age Charioteers of the Eurasian Steppe
Diese Studie beschäftigt sich mit der Funktion und der Rolle bronzezeitlicher Streitwagen und ihrer Lenker, die aus Grabkontexten des südlichen Ural bekannt sind. Im Focus des Beitrags stehen die Präsentation der Ausgrabungsbefunde eines Gräberfeldes nahe des Dorfes Stepnoye (südlicher Trans-Ural, Sintashta, Petrovka und Alakul ’Kulturen) sowie die Rekonstruktion sozialer Identitäten von Individuen (Geschlecht, Alter, Berufszugehörigkeit), in der…
The Frontier Theory and Bronze Age Archaeology in the Urals
This article is devoted to the interpretation of the Sintashta and Petrovka sites of the Bronze Age. The purpose of the study is to test a hypothesis regarding the appearance and functioning of a frontier in the Southern Urals between the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC. This concept has undergone significant changes and is used for the analysis of not only states but also pre-state societies. A frontier should be considered as a multicultural territory…
Life in the fast lane
Skeletal stress markers and injuries were uncommon among the KA-5 and regional groups, but a MBA-LBA high subadult mortality indicates elevated frailty levels and inability to survive acute illnesses. Following an optimal weaning program, subadults were at risk for physiological insult and many succumbed. Only a small number of individuals attained biological maturity during the MBA, suggesting that a fast life history was an adaptive regional re…
Early horse bridle with cheekpieces as a marker of social change
Bronze Age diet and economy
Eurasian Steppe Chariots and Social Complexity During the Bronze Age
The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia
Ancient human movements through Asia Ancient DNA has allowed us to begin tracing the history of human movements across the globe. Narasimhan et al. identify a complex pattern of human migrations and admixture events in South and Central Asia by performing genetic analysis of more than 500 people who lived over the past 8000 years (see the Perspective by Schaefer and Shapiro). They establish key phases in the population prehistory of Eurasia, incl…
The Petrovka Bronze Age Sites
This article introduces a series of AMS radiocarbon dates for the Bronze Age Petrovka cemeteries in the Trans-Urals. The results of the AMS14C-dating of animal and human bones indicate a very high degree of concordance in the 19th and 18th centuries cal BC time range. The previously obtained AMS datings clearly fi t into the same chronological interval. Specifi cally, 17 of 36 analyses of the Petrovka series yielded very similar results. In other…
Radiocarbon Arguments for the Abashevo Origin of the Sintashta Traditions in the Bronze Age
The article compares the chronology of some Bronze Age cultural traditions in the Volga river region and Southern Urals. The aim of the work is to test the hypothesis of oncoming migration flows of carriers of the Abashevo and Seima-Turbino traditions by determination of chronological positions for territorial groups based on the analysis of radiocarbon dates series. The groups were formed according to the cultural and territorial principle (Abas…
Wells as a Source of Cultural and Chronological Information
В статье проанализированы 44 радиоуглеродные даты, полученные при изучении 18 колодцев разных периодов бронзового века на поселении Каменный Амбар в Южном Зауралье. На предварительном этапе работы были определены статистические выбросы, что повысило достоверность выводов. Фрагменты керамики из заполнения колодцев, контекстуальный анализ и результаты датирования позволили провести культурную атрибуцию почти всех объектов (31 из 34). Проанализирова…
Войлок Из Коллективного Захоронения (Сооружения No 110) В Г. Ярославле
В статье приведены результаты исследования войлока, обнаруженного в коллективном санитарном захоронении жителей Ярославля, убитых при разорении города армией Бату-хана в 1238 г. По итогам анализа были идентифицированы несколько типов войлочных изделий и выявлены их структурно-технологические характеристики. Определение видовой принадлежности животных, из шерсти которых был свалян войлок, позволило расширить представление о сырьевой базе и текстил…
Between Bronze and Iron Ages (burial ground Shatmantamak I in Bashkortostan)
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Wells as a Source of Cultural and Chronological Information
This article presents 44 radiocarbon dates from 18 water wells of different Bronze Age periods at Kamennyi Ambar settlement, in the southern Trans-Urals. At the preliminary stage, statistical outliers were identified, which enhanced the reliability of the conclusions. Potsherds from the filling of the wells, contextual analysis of dating samples, and 14C dates allowed us to carry out the cultural attribution of nearly all wells (31 out of 34). Th…
The absolute chronology of the Late Bronze Age settlements Kammenyi Ambar and Ust'ye I in the Southern Trans-Urals and its Bayesian analysis
In this paper, we examine the series of AMS radiocarbon measurements (N = 52) obtained from the Late Bronze Age settlements of Kamennyi Ambar and Usty'e I in the Southern Trans-Urals, Russia. The exploratory data analysis applied to uncalibrated dates allows for the batches and outliers isolation. Furthermore, based on the facts of stratigraphy and application of the Bayesian statistics, we reconstruct the chronology, estimate spans of habitation…
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