Natalia Shishlina
Biographic Data
| ID | 838924 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Natalia Shishlina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Natalia |
| FAMILY NAME | Shishlina |
| SIGNATURE | SHISHLINA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | State Hermitage Museum |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9638-0156 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Medieval Silk Textile From the Northwestern Caspian and the Lower Don Regions
Textile is a unique source of information on technology and production stages from raw material cultivation to fabric manufacture, as well as on the people who produced the raw material, spun it into threads, and wove it into cloth; sewed garments and textile accessories; or transported them via trade routes from the place of production to the place of consumption. The paper contains technological analysis of 16 fragments of medieval textile from…
Radiocarbon dates provide a revised chronology of the Lower Don Eurasian steppe archaeological cultures
Bayesian modeling applied to accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon (AMS 14 C) dates on samples associated with burials and seasonal campsites of various cultures suggests a revised chronology for the Sal steppes and northern fringes of the Kuma-Manych Depression in the Lower Don region in the south of the Russian Plain. The new chronological framework makes it possible to eliminate existing time gaps and refine or extend chronological periods…
Dwellings of Eurasian Mobile Pastoralists
Eurasian mobile pastoralists were spreading their lifestyle based on seasonal rotation of pastures. It was essential for them to invent housing that would meet their needs and accord to the climate and mobile lifestyle. The article gives a comparative analysis of an archaeological source (a funerary rite and data of seasonal camps) dated from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. The research involves ethnographic and art materials dated 1700s–1800s…
Dietary habits of the medieval Nogais in the Lower Don region
Introduction. The paper explores the dietary system of a Nogai group from kurgan 3 at the Sukhaya Termista II in the Rostov region, typical nomads who lived in the Sal river basin at the end of the 16th–early 17th centuries. The analysis of the δ13С and δ15N values of bone collagen helped gain a better understanding of possible components of their dietary system and provided the basis for comparing the results obtained and historical and ethnogra…
Seasonal Campsites of the Sal Steppes
The paper describes the studies of the seasonal camps that steppe herders arranged in the balka systems of the Sal and Manych rivers in the Rostov region as well as their results. It also considers the model of everyday economic activities that small groups of mobile herders who occupied these sites engaged in throughout several historical periods. Extreme scarcity of material remains suggests that the everyday routine of the site residents depen…
Tricky technology of making silver seed beads in the Early Bronze Age, NW Caucasus
This study reconstructed the technical chaîne operatoire of silver seed bead production in the Maikop culture on the basis of tracewear analysis and experimental research using silver beads from the Early Bronze Age dolmen (c. 3200–2900 bce ) in kurgan 2 at Tsarskaya (1898). The results demonstrate that such beads were produced as a “garland” lost wax casting, when a garland of beads is formed on a hollow dry stalk (straw) that burns out during t…
Burial complexes of the Catacomb culture
The study discusses the results of the excavations and the studies of the burial complexes of two local variants of the catacomb culture of the Middle Bronze Age of the Northwestern Caspian Sea region in the Remontnoye district (Rostov oblast). Being based on a comparative analysis, the author argues the validity of the allocation of local variants of catacomb culture - Eastern and Western that were adjacent to each other and entered into cultura…
Sickles from the Sosnovaya Maza hoard of the Late Bronze Age from the Lower Volga region
Middle-Sarmatian Culture Burial from the Peschany IV Barrow Cemetery
The paper addresses the results of the study of a rich Middle Sarmatian female burial (end of the 1st century BC - first half of the 1st century AD) discovered in the Sal-Manych steppe, on the border between the Rostov Oblast and Kalmykia. The funerary rite and goods are typical for elite burials of the Middle Sarmatian culture (diagonal burial in a large rectangular pit with a recess, two cast bronze cauldrons, clothes with golden elements, impo…
The Diet System of the Population of the Forest and Steppe Zone of Eastern Europe in the 4th–3rd Millennia Bc and Dietary Resources
Reconstruction of food components by traditional archaeological methods has been successfully complemented by stable isotope analysis. Traditional archaeological materials and data of archaeozoological analysis suggest that the Meshchera population diet had many food components associated with hunting and fishing. Steppe inhabitants consumed meat and milk of domesticated animals, hunted the kulan and saiga; the analysis of vessel residue and inte…
Bronze Age Shepherds and Metallurgists
The aim of the paper is to analyze animal bone assemblages from seasonal Catacomb culture campsites of the Salsk-Manych Ridge and from the Mikhailo-Ovsyanka Srubnaya settlement located in the steppe Trance-Volga region. Proposed models of seasonal population movements are based on the animal bone assemblage, the slaughter age of animals, seasonality of the animal slaughter, animal ratio and identification of local/non-local animals. The Catacomb …
Bronze Age Wool Fabrics of South Siberia
The paper presents the results of technological, isotopic and radiocarbon analyses of wool fabric samples from the Bronze Age burials of South Siberia. It is suggested that the appearance of wool fibers in this region was connected to the Late Andronovo population of the middle — early second half of the II mil. BC. The location of the textile production centers remains an open question, because the isotopic composition of the studied samples (ni…
Animals, metal and isotopes
Precipitation pattern during warm and cold periods in the Bronze Age (around 4.5-3.8 ka BP) in the desert steppes of Russia
Metalworking Techniques on the Eurasian Steppes in the Late Bronze Age
The Late Bronze Age is a period characterized by chariots and riders, spearheads, bows and battle axes. Such are the assemblages of grave goods attributed to the Seima‐Turbino, Timber‐grave, Abashevo, Sintashta, Pokrovsk and other cultures of the Eurasian forest‐steppe and steppe belt. Although hoard deposits are comparatively rare in this context, this category of finds has also provided some extraordinary examples of metalwork. This paper repor…
A 5000-year-old souslik fur garment from an elite megalithic tomb in the North Caucasus, Maykop culture
This paper presents the results of a unique fur garment from the megalithic tomb of a rich man in the Northwest Caucasus, dated to the Early Bronze Age, which was excavated in 1898 (Tsarskaya, Russia). The garment was made from the fur of a souslik group animal, most likely the ground squirrel. Direct radiocarbon dating puts the fur at around 4445 ± 35 BP (ca. 3300-3000 BC), making it the earliest known fur garment in Eastern Europe. The choice o…
Plant food subsistence in the human diet of the Bronze Age Caspian and Low Don steppe pastoralists
Seasonal practices of prehistoric pastoralists from the south of the Russian plain based on the isotope data of modern and archaeological animal bones and plants
Directly dated broomcorn millet from the northwestern Caucasus
Subsistence strategies of Meshchera lowlands populations during the Eneolithic period – The Bronze Age
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…
Catacomb culture wagons of the Eurasian steppes
The origin and development of wheeled vehicles continues to fascinate today no less than when Stuart Piggott (1974) first wrote about the subject in Antiquity 40 years ago. A growing number of examples from the steppes of southern Russia and Ukraine are providing new insights into the design and construction of these complex artefacts. A recent example from the Ulan IV burial mound illustrates the techniques employed and the mastery of materials,…
Bronze Age Textiles from the North Caucasus
Textiles from the North Caucasus Majkop culture (3700–3200 cal BC) site of Novosvobodnaya were selected for a programme of examination. Wool, flax and cotton‐like plant‐fibre threads were identified. This is the oldest example of wool so far identified in the archaeological record. Weaving techniques employed in making the textiles included the use of tablets or discs, and a simple frame. In addition, two dyeing techniques using tannin dyes have …
Eurasian Steppe Nomad
Assessment of the Season of Death of Ancient Human from Cementum Annual Layers
Bronze Age Textiles from the North Caucasus
Textiles from the North Caucasus Majkop culture (3700–3200 cal BC) site of Novosvobodnaya were selected for a programme of examination. Wool, flax and cotton‐like plant‐fibre threads were identified. This is the oldest example of wool so far identified in the archaeological record. Weaving techniques employed in making the textiles included the use of tablets or discs, and a simple frame. In addition, two dyeing techniques using tannin dyes have …
The Seasonal Cycle of Grassland Use in the Caspian Sea Steppe During the Bronze Age
This article is devoted to the understanding of the importance of seasonal use of grasslands in the occupation of the Eurasian steppe during the Bronze Age. The pilot section of the research is Kalmykia – a steppe situated between the lower Volga and the Don rivers. We have to look at specific strategies of using local environments, river valleys, upland plateaux, and open steppe lands. During the third millennium BC, pastoralists of the Yamnaya …
Plant food subsistence in the human diet of the Bronze Age Caspian and Low Don steppe pastoralists
Animals, metal and isotopes
Assessment of the Season of Death of Ancient Human from Cementum Annual Layers
Sickles from the Sosnovaya Maza hoard of the Late Bronze Age from the Lower Volga region
Seasonal practices of prehistoric pastoralists from the south of the Russian plain based on the isotope data of modern and archaeological animal bones and plants
Directly dated broomcorn millet from the northwestern Caucasus
Subsistence strategies of Meshchera lowlands populations during the Eneolithic period – The Bronze Age
Tricky technology of making silver seed beads in the Early Bronze Age, NW Caucasus
This study reconstructed the technical chaîne operatoire of silver seed bead production in the Maikop culture on the basis of tracewear analysis and experimental research using silver beads from the Early Bronze Age dolmen (c. 3200–2900 bce ) in kurgan 2 at Tsarskaya (1898). The results demonstrate that such beads were produced as a “garland” lost wax casting, when a garland of beads is formed on a hollow dry stalk (straw) that burns out during t…
Middle-Sarmatian Culture Burial from the Peschany IV Barrow Cemetery
The paper addresses the results of the study of a rich Middle Sarmatian female burial (end of the 1st century BC - first half of the 1st century AD) discovered in the Sal-Manych steppe, on the border between the Rostov Oblast and Kalmykia. The funerary rite and goods are typical for elite burials of the Middle Sarmatian culture (diagonal burial in a large rectangular pit with a recess, two cast bronze cauldrons, clothes with golden elements, impo…
A 5000-year-old souslik fur garment from an elite megalithic tomb in the North Caucasus, Maykop culture
This paper presents the results of a unique fur garment from the megalithic tomb of a rich man in the Northwest Caucasus, dated to the Early Bronze Age, which was excavated in 1898 (Tsarskaya, Russia). The garment was made from the fur of a souslik group animal, most likely the ground squirrel. Direct radiocarbon dating puts the fur at around 4445 ± 35 BP (ca. 3300-3000 BC), making it the earliest known fur garment in Eastern Europe. The choice o…
Radiocarbon chronology of the Kalmykia Catacomb culture of the west Eurasian steppe
New calibration studies of burials from the Catacomb culture of western Eurasia enable better understanding of the spread and development of different Bronze Age traditions
The Bow and Arrow of the Eurasian Steppe Bronze Age Nomads
Radiocarbon chronology of the Kalmykia Catacomb culture of the west Eurasian steppe
New calibration studies of burials from the Catacomb culture of western Eurasia enable better understanding of the spread and development of different Bronze Age traditions
Eurasian Steppe Nomad
Assessment of the Season of Death of Ancient Human from Cementum Annual Layers
The Seasonal Cycle of Grassland Use in the Caspian Sea Steppe During the Bronze Age
This article is devoted to the understanding of the importance of seasonal use of grasslands in the occupation of the Eurasian steppe during the Bronze Age. The pilot section of the research is Kalmykia – a steppe situated between the lower Volga and the Don rivers. We have to look at specific strategies of using local environments, river valleys, upland plateaux, and open steppe lands. During the third millennium BC, pastoralists of the Yamnaya …
Bronze Age Textiles from the North Caucasus
Textiles from the North Caucasus Majkop culture (3700–3200 cal BC) site of Novosvobodnaya were selected for a programme of examination. Wool, flax and cotton‐like plant‐fibre threads were identified. This is the oldest example of wool so far identified in the archaeological record. Weaving techniques employed in making the textiles included the use of tablets or discs, and a simple frame. In addition, two dyeing techniques using tannin dyes have …
Catacomb culture wagons of the Eurasian steppes
The origin and development of wheeled vehicles continues to fascinate today no less than when Stuart Piggott (1974) first wrote about the subject in Antiquity 40 years ago. A growing number of examples from the steppes of southern Russia and Ukraine are providing new insights into the design and construction of these complex artefacts. A recent example from the Ulan IV burial mound illustrates the techniques employed and the mastery of materials,…
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…
Subsistence strategies of Meshchera lowlands populations during the Eneolithic period – The Bronze Age
Seasonal practices of prehistoric pastoralists from the south of the Russian plain based on the isotope data of modern and archaeological animal bones and plants
Directly dated broomcorn millet from the northwestern Caucasus
Plant food subsistence in the human diet of the Bronze Age Caspian and Low Don steppe pastoralists
Precipitation pattern during warm and cold periods in the Bronze Age (around 4.5-3.8 ka BP) in the desert steppes of Russia
Metalworking Techniques on the Eurasian Steppes in the Late Bronze Age
The Late Bronze Age is a period characterized by chariots and riders, spearheads, bows and battle axes. Such are the assemblages of grave goods attributed to the Seima‐Turbino, Timber‐grave, Abashevo, Sintashta, Pokrovsk and other cultures of the Eurasian forest‐steppe and steppe belt. Although hoard deposits are comparatively rare in this context, this category of finds has also provided some extraordinary examples of metalwork. This paper repor…
A 5000-year-old souslik fur garment from an elite megalithic tomb in the North Caucasus, Maykop culture
This paper presents the results of a unique fur garment from the megalithic tomb of a rich man in the Northwest Caucasus, dated to the Early Bronze Age, which was excavated in 1898 (Tsarskaya, Russia). The garment was made from the fur of a souslik group animal, most likely the ground squirrel. Direct radiocarbon dating puts the fur at around 4445 ± 35 BP (ca. 3300-3000 BC), making it the earliest known fur garment in Eastern Europe. The choice o…
Bronze Age Shepherds and Metallurgists
The aim of the paper is to analyze animal bone assemblages from seasonal Catacomb culture campsites of the Salsk-Manych Ridge and from the Mikhailo-Ovsyanka Srubnaya settlement located in the steppe Trance-Volga region. Proposed models of seasonal population movements are based on the animal bone assemblage, the slaughter age of animals, seasonality of the animal slaughter, animal ratio and identification of local/non-local animals. The Catacomb …
Bronze Age Wool Fabrics of South Siberia
The paper presents the results of technological, isotopic and radiocarbon analyses of wool fabric samples from the Bronze Age burials of South Siberia. It is suggested that the appearance of wool fibers in this region was connected to the Late Andronovo population of the middle — early second half of the II mil. BC. The location of the textile production centers remains an open question, because the isotopic composition of the studied samples (ni…
Animals, metal and isotopes
The Diet System of the Population of the Forest and Steppe Zone of Eastern Europe in the 4th–3rd Millennia Bc and Dietary Resources
Reconstruction of food components by traditional archaeological methods has been successfully complemented by stable isotope analysis. Traditional archaeological materials and data of archaeozoological analysis suggest that the Meshchera population diet had many food components associated with hunting and fishing. Steppe inhabitants consumed meat and milk of domesticated animals, hunted the kulan and saiga; the analysis of vessel residue and inte…
Sickles from the Sosnovaya Maza hoard of the Late Bronze Age from the Lower Volga region
Middle-Sarmatian Culture Burial from the Peschany IV Barrow Cemetery
The paper addresses the results of the study of a rich Middle Sarmatian female burial (end of the 1st century BC - first half of the 1st century AD) discovered in the Sal-Manych steppe, on the border between the Rostov Oblast and Kalmykia. The funerary rite and goods are typical for elite burials of the Middle Sarmatian culture (diagonal burial in a large rectangular pit with a recess, two cast bronze cauldrons, clothes with golden elements, impo…
Burial complexes of the Catacomb culture
The study discusses the results of the excavations and the studies of the burial complexes of two local variants of the catacomb culture of the Middle Bronze Age of the Northwestern Caspian Sea region in the Remontnoye district (Rostov oblast). Being based on a comparative analysis, the author argues the validity of the allocation of local variants of catacomb culture - Eastern and Western that were adjacent to each other and entered into cultura…
Seasonal Campsites of the Sal Steppes
The paper describes the studies of the seasonal camps that steppe herders arranged in the balka systems of the Sal and Manych rivers in the Rostov region as well as their results. It also considers the model of everyday economic activities that small groups of mobile herders who occupied these sites engaged in throughout several historical periods. Extreme scarcity of material remains suggests that the everyday routine of the site residents depen…
Tricky technology of making silver seed beads in the Early Bronze Age, NW Caucasus
This study reconstructed the technical chaîne operatoire of silver seed bead production in the Maikop culture on the basis of tracewear analysis and experimental research using silver beads from the Early Bronze Age dolmen (c. 3200–2900 bce ) in kurgan 2 at Tsarskaya (1898). The results demonstrate that such beads were produced as a “garland” lost wax casting, when a garland of beads is formed on a hollow dry stalk (straw) that burns out during t…
Dwellings of Eurasian Mobile Pastoralists
Eurasian mobile pastoralists were spreading their lifestyle based on seasonal rotation of pastures. It was essential for them to invent housing that would meet their needs and accord to the climate and mobile lifestyle. The article gives a comparative analysis of an archaeological source (a funerary rite and data of seasonal camps) dated from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. The research involves ethnographic and art materials dated 1700s–1800s…
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