Vladimir V Kufterin
Biographic Data
| ID | 39710 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vladimir V Kufterin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vladimir V |
| FAMILY NAME | Kufterin |
| SIGNATURE | KUFTERIN V V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Russian Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7171-8998 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Ufa-2 Settlement in the Forest-Steppe Cis-Urals (Materials from Archaeological Excavations in 2021)
Purpose. The Ufa-2 settlement is currently the most studied archaeological site of the early Middle Ages in the UfaBelaya interfluve. It is located in the historical center of Ufa, the Republic of Bashkortostan. Existing evidence indicates that the settlement functioned from the turn of the 4 th /5 th to the 14 th centuries AD. The purpose of this study was to present materials obtained during archaeological excavations in 2021. These excavations…
Cranial collection of the pre-Modern Bashkirs as a source in studies of ancient diseases: Syphilis
The cranial collection, which represents the close to modern Bashkirs (18th – early 20th centu- ries), was used as an osteological evidence of the incidence of treponemal diseases (acquired syphilis) in this population. The collection was assembled by Rinat M.Yusupov, a prominent biological anthropologist and ethnographer, mainly in the 1970s and 1980s through the excavation of old Bashkir cemeteries; it is currently stored in the Department of E…
Human Skeletal Remains Newly Excavated at Karanayevsky Kurgan Cemetery of the Srubnaya Culture
Introduction. This paper presents results of an anthropological and paleopathological studies of newly excavated materials from the Karanayevsky cemetery located in the Southwestern Bashkortostan and attributed to Srubnaya culture. The goal of this study was to introduce new data from kurgan 2, as well as to compare this sample with the samples from other Karanayevsky kurgans, and with synchronous population characteristics of the region. Discuss…
“Our Peace Is Only Something We Dream Of…” - To the Anniversary of Nadezhda Dubova
This brief scientific and biographical essay is timed for the anniversary of Nadezhda Dubova, a renowned Russian anthropologist and archaeologist, Doctor of Historical and Candidate of Biological Sciences, Chief Researcher and Head of the Center for Human Ecology of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS, and Head of the Russian-Turkmen Margiana archaeological expedition. The essay is focused on the works and activities of Dr. Dubova for…
Age Estimation Using Diaphyseal Long Bone Lengths in a Non-Adult Skeletal Sample From Gonur Depe, Turkmenistan
Introduction. The aim of this study is to provide group-specific regression equations for age estimation of immature human skeletal remains younger than 12 years of age from the diaphyseal length of the six long bones. Further, to compare inverse and classical calibration models for age estimation and the suitability of previously published regression methods for archaeological and present-day populations in relation to the analyzed sample. Mater…
Akberdino-3 – the Great Migration Period Manor in the Forest-Steppe Zone of Southern Pre-Urals
The present study is based on materials obtained during archaeological excavations at the Akberdino-3 site in 2009. The site is located on the right bank of the Belaya River in the forest-steppe zone of Southern Pre-Urals (modern Iglinsky District of the Republic of Bashkortostan, 15 km southeast from the Ufa-city). It is shown that a single thin cultural layer of this small settlement site contains Imendyashevo, Turbasly ceramics, and ceramics w…
Памяти Роберта Сатаева (1971–2023)
В статье представлены результаты морфологического анализа посуды населения Западной Сибири эпохи Великого переселения народов и раннего средневековья. По программам В.Ф. Генинга и А.А. Бобринского обработано 168 сосудов. Выборка происходит из 14 могильников Тоболо-Иртышья, которые датируются широким хронологическим периодом – III/IV–IX вв: Козлов-Мыс-2, Устюг-1, Красноярский-IV, Ипкульский, Воденниково-I, Окунево-III, Усть-Тара-7, Перейминский, Д…
A 1500-year retrospective of intergroup craniometric variability in Central Asian population (7th c. BC – 8th c. AD)
Introduction. The paper revisits the intergroup craniometric variability in the Early Iron Age, Antiquity and Early medieval Central Asian population. Some new cranial materials are considered within the hierarchical system of the regional populations. Materials and methods. The comparison included 61 cranial samples from all historical and cultural regions of Central Asia with a total of 1100 crania. 12 standard measurements of the facial skelet…
Linear growth variation in Bronze Age pastoralists from Southern Urals and Central Asian agricultural population: A z-score analysis
Introduction. In this paper, we compared patterns of longitudinal long bone growths of the Late Bronze Age population from Southern Urals, representing pastoral communities, predominantly cattle breeders, and the relatively synchronous agricultural population from Central Asia using standardized z-scores. Materials and methods. The analyzed sample comes from two cemeteries of the Srubnaya culture in Pre-Urals (Karanayevsky and Chumarovo-1), and t…
Craniometric study of Central Asian population at the turn of the era: Multivariate Statistics Versus Typological Approach
The article aims to assess the method of individual visual typological definitions in biological anthropology and compare it with the results of multivariate statistical analysis based on the cranial materials coming mainly from the Yuezhi / Kushan period in Central Asia. The database contains information on 185 crania. We have established that sex has a highly significant effect on the variation of facial craniometric traits, while the effect of…
Several Results of Bioarchaeological and Ethnoecological Investigations in Tajikistan
The article describes several topics of joint Russian-Tajik research conducted since 2013 in the Khatlon velayat of the Republic of Tajikistan within the framework of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the N. N. Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian Academy of Sciences and the A. Donish Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. Th e text includes several in…
Taphonomic bias in preservation and representativeness of skeletal samples (a case of Gonur Depe)
The topic of this article is theoretical and practical issues underlying the problems of representativeness of skeletal samples, as well as age and sex biases in preservation of skeletal remains, and the impact of these fac-tors on paleodemographic reconstructions. The impact of taphonomic bias in preservation on the qualitative and quantitative composition of skeletal sample is discussed on the materials from Gonur Depe - a Bronze Age proto-urba…
Intragroup analysis of new craniometric data from the ancient Panjakent nauses
The article discusses new cranial materials excavated at the ancient Panjakent necropolis in 2003-2004. The crania were found in ossuary burials in nauses (small separate crypts) dating from the late VII to the early VIII centuries AD. The materials of the study include 19 crania of various preservation statuses (7 males, 11 females and one non-adult individual). The present study aims to compare the newly obtained cranial data with the al-ready …
Interdisciplinary Studies of the Maylybay-2 Kurgan (Bashkir Trans-Urals)
The article outlines results of an interdisciplinary study on the Maylybay-2 single kurgan located in the mountain-steppe zone of the Irendyk ridge, the most eastern ridge of the Ural Mountains (Russia, Republic of Bashkortostan, Baimaksky District). The kurgan was a ruined stone structure — a hollow crypt type (mausoleum), close to a square shape. The grave represented a deep oval pit containing one burial. 25–35 years old female skeleton was fo…
Paleopathology and “Quality of Life” of Non-Adults From the Srubnaya Culture Cemeteries of Southern Ural
This article presents results of paleopathological study of non-adult skeletons from three Srubnaya culture cemeteries (Karanaevskiy, Nikolaevskiy and Chumarovo-1) located in the southwest of the Republic of Bashkortostan. The analyzed sample includes skeletal remains of 41 individuals from burials dated to the 1600–1400 BC. In this study solely skeletal pathologies are discussed without dental pathologies. The following groups of pathologies wer…
Dental anthropology of the Srubnaya culture population of Southern Urals
Exploring dietary practices in non‐adults of the Late Bronze Age Southern Urals: A perspective from dental attributes
The article provides a bioarchaeological perspective on the dietary practices of the Late Bronze Age Southern Ural communities, which once inhabited the steppe and forest‐steppe zones of modern Bashkiria (Russia), via studying the pathological dental conditions and aspects of dental tooth use in skeletal remains from four kurgan cemeteries. As children and adolescents constitute the majority of the skeletal remains, the focus is on non‐adult dent…
New polychrome painting from Gonur Depe, Turkmenistan
Excavations at Gonur Oasis in the ancient delta of the Murghab River revealed a unique polychrome painting at the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex. Found in an unusual grave at Gonur 20, the painting may offer new insights into ancient technologies and interaction between Old World civilisations
Non-metric traits in cranial sample from Neplyuevsky cemetery (kurgan 1) and some aspects of intra-group analysis of phenetic data
Developing the protocol for paleoauxological study
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On the differential diagnosis of vertebral ankyloses in paleoanthropological material: An example of the Early Iron Age case from the Lower Kama region
Differentiating various pathological conditions involving the spine, particularly those leading to vertebral anky-losis, is a challenging task both in paleopathology and clinical practice. The Introduction summarizes cases of ankylosing spondylitis (Bekhterev's disease) and diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (Forestier disease) from the territory of former USSR. In this regard, it is important to mention that, having different etiologies, D…
Traumatic injuries on the crania from the Novo-Sasykul cemetery
This study is focused on the cranial sample from the Novo-Sasykul cemetery of the Pyany Bor Culture in the Lower Kama region (Bakaly District, Republic of Bashkortostan). The Novo-Sasykul cemetery is dated to the 1st-2nd c. AD, and it is fully excavated. The frequency of traumatic injuries has been analyzed in a sample consisting of 94 skulls of adult individuals (47 males, 47 females) stored in the Bashkortostan National Museum (Ufa). Injuries h…
Cranial non-metric traits in Gonur-Depe skeletal population: New data
Discussion. Cranial non-metric data demonstrate the proximity of Gonur materials to the Yamnaya and Catacomb cultures of the Dnieper region. This fact is interpreted not from the standpoint of genetic mixing of the representatives of the "steppe" populations with the BMAC ones, but as evidence of the presence of a common ancient "Proto-Indo-European" genetic stratum. Moreover, there are no analogies (at least until the middle of the 2nd mill. BC)…
Osteometric Study of an Early Iron Age Postcranial Sample from Lower Kama Region (Novo-Sasykul Burial Ground)
The article outlines results of an osteometric study of a postcranial sample (22 male and 30 female skeletons) from Novo-Sasykul burial ground in the Lower Kama region (Pyany Bor culture). Novo-Sasykul necropolis dates back to between the I and the turn of the II–III cc. AD. In total, the Sasykul population is characterized by a mesomorphic (with a tendency to dolichomorphism) body type proportions and an average or higher than average body lengt…
Osteometric Study of an Early Iron Age Postcranial Sample from Lower Kama Region (Novo-Sasykul Burial Ground)
The article outlines results of an osteometric study of a postcranial sample (22 male and 30 female skeletons) from Novo-Sasykul burial ground in the Lower Kama region (Pyany Bor culture). Novo-Sasykul necropolis dates back to between the I and the turn of the II–III cc. AD. In total, the Sasykul population is characterized by a mesomorphic (with a tendency to dolichomorphism) body type proportions and an average or higher than average body lengt…
Palaeopathology of Sub-Adults From Gonur-Depe (Turkmenistan)
The palaeopathological study of sub-adult sample comprising 215 individuals from Gonur-depe Bronze Age site (Bactria-Margiana archaeological complex, Turkmenistan) has shown predominance of dental diseases and indicators of anemia compared to other types of bone lesions. Low frequency of traces of infections, as well as absence of a single case of scurvy, rickets or trauma suggest the optimal living conditions of the population. The typical preva…
Bioanthropological Research of Human Skeletal Remains From the Srubno-Alakul Mound at Selivanovka Ii Cemetery (Southern Trans-Urals)
The article presents some results of an anthropological study of a skeletal sample (19 individuals) from the excavation of the mound 1 Selivanovka II cemetery (Southern Trans-Urals), performed in 2000. Cultural identity of this burial place is defined as mixed Srubno-Alakul with Alakul dominance. There are no tombs of mature and senile individuals. In double tombs adult (and perhaps sub-adult) individuals of different sexes are buried. Sub-adult …
Taphonomic bias in preservation and representativeness of skeletal samples (a case of Gonur Depe)
The topic of this article is theoretical and practical issues underlying the problems of representativeness of skeletal samples, as well as age and sex biases in preservation of skeletal remains, and the impact of these fac-tors on paleodemographic reconstructions. The impact of taphonomic bias in preservation on the qualitative and quantitative composition of skeletal sample is discussed on the materials from Gonur Depe - a Bronze Age proto-urba…
Exploring dietary practices in non‐adults of the Late Bronze Age Southern Urals: A perspective from dental attributes
The article provides a bioarchaeological perspective on the dietary practices of the Late Bronze Age Southern Ural communities, which once inhabited the steppe and forest‐steppe zones of modern Bashkiria (Russia), via studying the pathological dental conditions and aspects of dental tooth use in skeletal remains from four kurgan cemeteries. As children and adolescents constitute the majority of the skeletal remains, the focus is on non‐adult dent…
Tumour-like lesions in a Late Bronze Age skeleton from Gonur Depe, Southern Turkmenistan
The article describes tumour-like lesions in a Bronze Age skeleton from Southern Turkmenistan. The combination of pathological manifestations observed in the skeleton does not permit making exact conclusions. Based on the skeletal lesions, malignant bone tumour (chondrosarcoma or parosteal osteosarcoma) seems to be the most feasible diagnosis. If this diagnosis is correct, the skeleton represents one of the earliest cases of primary malignant tum…
Skeletal Remains From Buston Vi – A Sapalli Culture Cemetery in Uzbekistan
Human skeletal remains from a Bronze Age cemetery at Buston VI, southern Uzbekistan, are described. The burials date back to the Molali and Buston stages of the Sapalli culture and are relevant for reconstructing the culture of the Northern Bactrian agriculturalists. Results of the demographic, craniometric, osteometric, and paleopathological analysis suggest that the Buston population was intermediate between the Bronze Age populations of the st…
Bioanthropological Research of Human Skeletal Remains From the Srubno-Alakul Mound at Selivanovka Ii Cemetery (Southern Trans-Urals)
The article presents some results of an anthropological study of a skeletal sample (19 individuals) from the excavation of the mound 1 Selivanovka II cemetery (Southern Trans-Urals), performed in 2000. Cultural identity of this burial place is defined as mixed Srubno-Alakul with Alakul dominance. There are no tombs of mature and senile individuals. In double tombs adult (and perhaps sub-adult) individuals of different sexes are buried. Sub-adult …
Palaeopathology of Sub-Adults From Gonur-Depe (Turkmenistan)
The palaeopathological study of sub-adult sample comprising 215 individuals from Gonur-depe Bronze Age site (Bactria-Margiana archaeological complex, Turkmenistan) has shown predominance of dental diseases and indicators of anemia compared to other types of bone lesions. Low frequency of traces of infections, as well as absence of a single case of scurvy, rickets or trauma suggest the optimal living conditions of the population. The typical preva…
Tajiks of Sicharog: To the bioanthropology of the population of Central Tajikistan. Report I: Cranial non-metric traits
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Tumour-like lesions in a Late Bronze Age skeleton from Gonur Depe, Southern Turkmenistan
The article describes tumour-like lesions in a Bronze Age skeleton from Southern Turkmenistan. The combination of pathological manifestations observed in the skeleton does not permit making exact conclusions. Based on the skeletal lesions, malignant bone tumour (chondrosarcoma or parosteal osteosarcoma) seems to be the most feasible diagnosis. If this diagnosis is correct, the skeleton represents one of the earliest cases of primary malignant tum…
Paleopathology of Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex and Some Adjacent Territories. A Short Overview
The article provides a brief overview of the paleopathological data on the population of the Bactria-Margiana archaeological complex (BMAC) and some adjacent regions (sites from the territory of Iran and Pakistan). In addition to the literature review, the results of a formalized comparison of some ancient groups according to the frequency of occurrence of several stress markers using correspondence analysis are presented. Based on this results, …
Cranial non-metric traits in Gonur-Depe skeletal population: New data
Discussion. Cranial non-metric data demonstrate the proximity of Gonur materials to the Yamnaya and Catacomb cultures of the Dnieper region. This fact is interpreted not from the standpoint of genetic mixing of the representatives of the "steppe" populations with the BMAC ones, but as evidence of the presence of a common ancient "Proto-Indo-European" genetic stratum. Moreover, there are no analogies (at least until the middle of the 2nd mill. BC)…
Osteometric Study of an Early Iron Age Postcranial Sample from Lower Kama Region (Novo-Sasykul Burial Ground)
The article outlines results of an osteometric study of a postcranial sample (22 male and 30 female skeletons) from Novo-Sasykul burial ground in the Lower Kama region (Pyany Bor culture). Novo-Sasykul necropolis dates back to between the I and the turn of the II–III cc. AD. In total, the Sasykul population is characterized by a mesomorphic (with a tendency to dolichomorphism) body type proportions and an average or higher than average body lengt…
Osteometric Study of an Early Iron Age Postcranial Sample from Lower Kama Region (Novo-Sasykul Burial Ground)
The article outlines results of an osteometric study of a postcranial sample (22 male and 30 female skeletons) from Novo-Sasykul burial ground in the Lower Kama region (Pyany Bor culture). Novo-Sasykul necropolis dates back to between the I and the turn of the II–III cc. AD. In total, the Sasykul population is characterized by a mesomorphic (with a tendency to dolichomorphism) body type proportions and an average or higher than average body lengt…
Long-Bone Growth in the Bronze Age Skeletal Population of Gonur-Depe, Turkmenistan
This article presents some results of the analysis of long-bone growth rate in the sub-adult skeletal population from Gonur-Depe — a Bronze Age proto-urban center in Turkmenistan, the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex. The sample includes 130 skeletons of sub-adults (735 skeletal elements) from burials in the “ruins” of the palace-temple ensemble, excavated in 2010–2015. The results indicate a signifi cant retardation of long-bone growth re…
New polychrome painting from Gonur Depe, Turkmenistan
Excavations at Gonur Oasis in the ancient delta of the Murghab River revealed a unique polychrome painting at the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex. Found in an unusual grave at Gonur 20, the painting may offer new insights into ancient technologies and interaction between Old World civilisations
Non-metric traits in cranial sample from Neplyuevsky cemetery (kurgan 1) and some aspects of intra-group analysis of phenetic data
Developing the protocol for paleoauxological study
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On the differential diagnosis of vertebral ankyloses in paleoanthropological material: An example of the Early Iron Age case from the Lower Kama region
Differentiating various pathological conditions involving the spine, particularly those leading to vertebral anky-losis, is a challenging task both in paleopathology and clinical practice. The Introduction summarizes cases of ankylosing spondylitis (Bekhterev's disease) and diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (Forestier disease) from the territory of former USSR. In this regard, it is important to mention that, having different etiologies, D…
Traumatic injuries on the crania from the Novo-Sasykul cemetery
This study is focused on the cranial sample from the Novo-Sasykul cemetery of the Pyany Bor Culture in the Lower Kama region (Bakaly District, Republic of Bashkortostan). The Novo-Sasykul cemetery is dated to the 1st-2nd c. AD, and it is fully excavated. The frequency of traumatic injuries has been analyzed in a sample consisting of 94 skulls of adult individuals (47 males, 47 females) stored in the Bashkortostan National Museum (Ufa). Injuries h…
Interdisciplinary Studies of the Maylybay-2 Kurgan (Bashkir Trans-Urals)
The article outlines results of an interdisciplinary study on the Maylybay-2 single kurgan located in the mountain-steppe zone of the Irendyk ridge, the most eastern ridge of the Ural Mountains (Russia, Republic of Bashkortostan, Baimaksky District). The kurgan was a ruined stone structure — a hollow crypt type (mausoleum), close to a square shape. The grave represented a deep oval pit containing one burial. 25–35 years old female skeleton was fo…
Paleopathology and “Quality of Life” of Non-Adults From the Srubnaya Culture Cemeteries of Southern Ural
This article presents results of paleopathological study of non-adult skeletons from three Srubnaya culture cemeteries (Karanaevskiy, Nikolaevskiy and Chumarovo-1) located in the southwest of the Republic of Bashkortostan. The analyzed sample includes skeletal remains of 41 individuals from burials dated to the 1600–1400 BC. In this study solely skeletal pathologies are discussed without dental pathologies. The following groups of pathologies wer…
Dental anthropology of the Srubnaya culture population of Southern Urals
Exploring dietary practices in non‐adults of the Late Bronze Age Southern Urals: A perspective from dental attributes
The article provides a bioarchaeological perspective on the dietary practices of the Late Bronze Age Southern Ural communities, which once inhabited the steppe and forest‐steppe zones of modern Bashkiria (Russia), via studying the pathological dental conditions and aspects of dental tooth use in skeletal remains from four kurgan cemeteries. As children and adolescents constitute the majority of the skeletal remains, the focus is on non‐adult dent…
Several Results of Bioarchaeological and Ethnoecological Investigations in Tajikistan
The article describes several topics of joint Russian-Tajik research conducted since 2013 in the Khatlon velayat of the Republic of Tajikistan within the framework of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the N. N. Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian Academy of Sciences and the A. Donish Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. Th e text includes several in…
Taphonomic bias in preservation and representativeness of skeletal samples (a case of Gonur Depe)
The topic of this article is theoretical and practical issues underlying the problems of representativeness of skeletal samples, as well as age and sex biases in preservation of skeletal remains, and the impact of these fac-tors on paleodemographic reconstructions. The impact of taphonomic bias in preservation on the qualitative and quantitative composition of skeletal sample is discussed on the materials from Gonur Depe - a Bronze Age proto-urba…
Intragroup analysis of new craniometric data from the ancient Panjakent nauses
The article discusses new cranial materials excavated at the ancient Panjakent necropolis in 2003-2004. The crania were found in ossuary burials in nauses (small separate crypts) dating from the late VII to the early VIII centuries AD. The materials of the study include 19 crania of various preservation statuses (7 males, 11 females and one non-adult individual). The present study aims to compare the newly obtained cranial data with the al-ready …
Памяти Роберта Сатаева (1971–2023)
В статье представлены результаты морфологического анализа посуды населения Западной Сибири эпохи Великого переселения народов и раннего средневековья. По программам В.Ф. Генинга и А.А. Бобринского обработано 168 сосудов. Выборка происходит из 14 могильников Тоболо-Иртышья, которые датируются широким хронологическим периодом – III/IV–IX вв: Козлов-Мыс-2, Устюг-1, Красноярский-IV, Ипкульский, Воденниково-I, Окунево-III, Усть-Тара-7, Перейминский, Д…
A 1500-year retrospective of intergroup craniometric variability in Central Asian population (7th c. BC – 8th c. AD)
Introduction. The paper revisits the intergroup craniometric variability in the Early Iron Age, Antiquity and Early medieval Central Asian population. Some new cranial materials are considered within the hierarchical system of the regional populations. Materials and methods. The comparison included 61 cranial samples from all historical and cultural regions of Central Asia with a total of 1100 crania. 12 standard measurements of the facial skelet…
Linear growth variation in Bronze Age pastoralists from Southern Urals and Central Asian agricultural population: A z-score analysis
Introduction. In this paper, we compared patterns of longitudinal long bone growths of the Late Bronze Age population from Southern Urals, representing pastoral communities, predominantly cattle breeders, and the relatively synchronous agricultural population from Central Asia using standardized z-scores. Materials and methods. The analyzed sample comes from two cemeteries of the Srubnaya culture in Pre-Urals (Karanayevsky and Chumarovo-1), and t…
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