Sergey A Komissarov
Biographic Data
| ID | 781534 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sergey A Komissarov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sergey A |
| FAMILY NAME | Komissarov |
| SIGNATURE | KOMISSAROV S A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Novosibirsk State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7657-054X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
High-Altitude Routes of the Great Silk Road: New Data on the Reshui Burial Grounds, Qinghai Province, China
The article presents a study of the general situation of a unique site of the first half of the Middle Ages – the group (cluster) of the Reshui burial grounds in Qinghai Province, China. At that time, the area was inhabited by the Xianbei Tuyuhun tribes, who had come there from Manchuria at the beginning of 4 th century AD, and then, in 7 th century were conquered and controlled by the early Tibetan state of Tubo. The graves were carved into the …
Elite Burials of the Han Period at Xiaobaozi (Shaanxi, China)
This article overviews the main Internet resources on the excavations of the elite burials at the Xiaobaozi burial ground (Shaanxi Province) of the Western Han period, which were done in 2024. Online publications play an important role in the initial processing of the collected evidence and promoting this archaeological discovery to the wider public, including policy makers, for creating favorable conditions for scholarly research. Therefore this…
New Evidence on the Baijinbao Culture from the Collections of Harbin Museums
This article overviews the evidence on the pottery of the Baijinbao culture of the Late Bronze Age (12th–6th centuries BC) from the collections and exhibitions of museums in Harbin in Heilongjiang Province of China (Heilongjiang Provincial Museum, Harbin City Museum, and Museum of the Heilongjiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology), which the authors examined during their research trip in March, 2025. A number of settlements…
Run of the Band: Mobile Orchestras of Medieval China (Based on the Materials of Funeral Figurines of the Period of the “Sixteen States” and the “Northern and Southern Dynasties”)
The article explores the phenomenon of mobile orchestras that emerged in China during the early Middle Ages, based on the development of caravan trade along the Great Silk Road in the economy and cavalry squadrons in military affairs. The “Sogdians” of the Western Region and the nomadic peoples of the northern steppe zone, including those who established their own states on the conquered Chinese territories, actively participated in fulfilling th…
Bimetallic Swords from North-East and South-West China
The article presents a series of bimetallic swords and daggers from published materials and museum collections, including those obtained by the authors during scientific excursions with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation (RSCF). Two representative groups of implements belonging to the ancient cultures/ethnos on the territory of North-Eastern (Fuyu State) and South-Western (Dian and Yelang states) regions of modern-day China w…
Shixia Culture (Guangdong, China) as Transitional Period from Neolithic to Bronze Age: New Data
The article provides an overview of the main results of Shixia Culture studies mostly in the recent two decades. Numerous tripods (with pot-, cauldron- and dish-shaped bodies) and vessels with ring foot, often perforated, have been defined as the main cultural characteristics. Polished shouldered hoes, stepped spades and adzes belong to the category of stone tools distributed south of the Yangtze. Many of jade products (cong regalia, round axes) …
On Archaeology of Fuyu (Puyŏ): Brief Historiographical Overview
The article provides a brief overview of concepts related to the search for the archaeological substratum of the Fuyu people and the established early medieval Fuyu (Puyŏ) state, which were narrated by almost contemporaneous Chinese chronicles and later Korean written sources. The main problem lies in defining the reference archaeological sites for the Fuyu culture, to which Maoershan, Laoheshen, and Lamadong cemeteries are currently attributed. …
Dances with Drums: On the Problem of Descendants of the DongSon-Dian Civilization
The article presents an attempt to identify the most likely descendants of the Dian culture among the vast list of nonHan peoples inhabiting South-Western and Southern China at the present time. Bronze drums, as an important element of material culture were taken as the first selection criterion, since they were one of the most noticeable markers for sites and relics of the DongSon-Dian civilization. However, it turned out that the area of distri…
Shell Mounds of the Dian Lake
This article provides data on the search and study of the finds obtained during archaeological excavations of shell mounds in the region of Dian Lake in Yunnan Province, China. These objects represent a common, but at the same time, quite specific category of archaeological sources containing important information about the material and spiritual life of the population that left them. From the considerable number of Yunnan køkkenmøddings, the anc…
Bronzes of Dian and Seals of Han
The article highlights the key aspects of sphragistics (sigillography) concerning materials from the Han Epoch in China, a time when the use of seals became particularly significant. Special focus is given to the culture of the Dian Kingdom, which became a vassal state of the Han Empire in 109 BC. Over time, it came fully under Han control and was incorporated into the Yizhou district. Using data from sphragistics, epigraphy, and numismatics obta…
The Jinlianshan Graveyard and Its Role in the Study of the Dong Son – Dian Civilization
The article presents the results of the excavation and studying of the materials from the Jinlianshan graveyard in Yuxi prefecture-level city (Yunnan Province, PRC). The significant part of the site belongs to the late period of Dian Culture (other name: Shizhaishan Culture), which, according to the found bronze coins and seal, dates from the end of 2 nd century BC to the beginning of 1 st century AD. The site was a cemetery of the population wit…
Burials of Young Princesses in Early Medieval China
The article addresses materials found in two burials of representatives of the ruling clans of the early medieval states in China. The first one is the tomb of the Rouran princess Yujiului Chidilian (550) - the granddaughter of the Rouran Khagan Anagui and the wife of Gao Dan (a member of the aristocratic family of the Northern and Eastern Wei period, whose representatives founded their own Northern Qi dynasty). The second is the tomb of Li Jingx…
On the Problem of Dian Settlements
This article presents data on the search and study of settlement complexes of the Dian Kingdom in the areas around Lake Dianchi in the Yunnan Province. Several relatively large settlements were identified, with small satellite villages adjacent to them. Their inhabitants were used as a labour resource for growing grain, collecting freshwater shellfish, processing metals and other economic activities to serve the elite, which indicate the existenc…
Coronavirus as a Political Factor: Western and Chinese Versions of Sars-CoV-2 Origin and the Ways of Its Treatment
From the very beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, debates about its origin became substantially ideologised. The main ideological competition comprises the opposition of the two poles, the West understood in the collective sense, and China. Despite the WHO Commission regarded the version of artificial SARS-CoV-2 origin that escaped from the laboratory in Wuhan, the least probable, some Western politicians continued to use speculations about “C…
Confucius against Covid (Some Aspects of Chinese Experience in Dealing with a Pandemic)
From the end of 2019 to the present day, the world lives in a constant confrontation with the epidemic caused by coronavirus infection. The first country to experience COVID-19 attack was China. The data on the number of cases and deaths from this disease are tens, and sometimes hundreds of times less than in most developed countries, especially if we take into account the huge population of the PRC. During 2021, mortality caused by coronavirus r…
Epigraphic and pictorial materials from An Jia the tomb (preliminary report)
The article presents materials of An Jia tomb, one of the early medieval Sogdian burials in China. A description of the burial complex is offered, descriptions of the painted reliefs of the stone burial couch and a stone panel above the tomb door, as well as the complete commented translation of the epitaph of the deceased are provided. Two versions of interpretation of stone reliefs’ semantics are proposed: an idealized report on the earthly lif…
Footprints of a Golden Camel Near Qin Shihuangdi’s Mausoleum
The article presents materials of the excavations of Qin burials near the area of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. To the west of its outer wall, a burial ground of nine large tombs has been excavated, which are dated to the age of the empire's formation, however the possibility of an earlier date is not excluded. The most interesting finds were reportedly from grave M1, which included bronze bells and ritual vessels, iron armament, jade scepters a…
The Tomb of Lou Rui (Northern Qi Empire) as a Monument of a Transitional Period
The article presents the preliminary results of the study of an incredibly important monument – the Tomb of Lou Rui, who was one of the highest officials in the state of Northern Qi. A rich funerary inventory was found there, as well as coloured frescoes with a preserved area of approximately 200 square meters. They include 71 compositions, among which the pictures of the solemn departure from the palace and the return back stand out. The most no…
The Latest Data on the Sanxingdui Culture
This article presents the data on the excavation at the Sanxingdui site in the the field season of 2021. Six more sacrificial pits ranging in size from 3.5 to 19 sq. m were added to two pits investigated in 1986. The inventory discovered inside is of exceptional wealth and includes bronze and gold masks, ritual vessels, and other cultic objects (altar, solar “wheel,” fragments of bronze trees). As a rule, metal objects were covered with the layer…
New Data on the Weaponry of the Terracotta Army (Technological Aspect)
This article presents the results of studying protection methods against corrosion in bronze weapons which were found in the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuangdi. Even during the first season of excavations, well-preserved weapons with traces of chromium on the surface were discovered. Based on these findings, it was suggested that the Qin artisans knew the chromium plating process, when protective film was applied by immersing a bronze item in a containe…
Terracotta Warrior: Image or Person
The article investigates the problem of the so-called portraiture of personages presented in the terracotta army of the First Qin emperor. The results of analytical work of foreign colleagues were explored (namely, on restoration of the full spectrum of paints on the surface of the clay figures, or comparative studies of the forms of terracotta soldiers’ ears because this part of the human face is absolutely unique and therefore used in modern fo…
China: A Year of Trails. Rev.: A. A. Maslov
The publication presents a brief review of the new book by A. A. Maslov. Through the investigation of the struggle against COVID-19 in China, the author provides a comprehensive picture of the social-economic situation in the country, analyzes the reasons for the victory over the pandemic by Chinese society and its political structures, as well as modern alternatives for globalization. The book specially introduces the situation in Hong Kong as i…
Valuable Resource on the History of China (Review of the Courses of Video-lectures by S. V. Dmitriev “A History of China” and “A History of Chinese Studies”)
The review briefly presents two academic courses, ‘A History of China’ and ‘A History of Chinese Studies’ by S. V. Dmitriev published online on the “Youtube” platform. The creation of high-quality, publicly available educational resources significantly expands the opportunities for the study of historical sinological disciplines and sets a new standard for their teaching both in higher and supplementary education
Visit to Museums of North-East China
The review contains information about the performances of employees of the Department of Oriental Studies of the Institute for Humanities of Novosibirsk State University and the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the SB RAS at international conferences, during which they also visited several important historical museums in northeast China. The review also touches on the famous Lamaist complexes of Inner Mongolia – Dalelinsi and Wudanzhao,…
Petroglyphs of Kangjiashimenzi (Xinjiang, PRC): Once Again about the Chronology and Semantics of the Site
The article discusses a unique monument of rock-art on the territory of Xinjiang – namely the petroglyphs of Kangjiashimenzi (Hutubi County). The person who began scientific investigation of this site in 1987 was Professor Wang Binghua. From that time, the issues of Hutubi petroglyphs became among the most popular topics in Chinese archaeological literature but only in a few publications in other countries and only one – in Russia. This article a…
Bimetallic Swords from North-East and South-West China
The article presents a series of bimetallic swords and daggers from published materials and museum collections, including those obtained by the authors during scientific excursions with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation (RSCF). Two representative groups of implements belonging to the ancient cultures/ethnos on the territory of North-Eastern (Fuyu State) and South-Western (Dian and Yelang states) regions of modern-day China w…
Burials of Young Princesses in Early Medieval China
The article addresses materials found in two burials of representatives of the ruling clans of the early medieval states in China. The first one is the tomb of the Rouran princess Yujiului Chidilian (550) - the granddaughter of the Rouran Khagan Anagui and the wife of Gao Dan (a member of the aristocratic family of the Northern and Eastern Wei period, whose representatives founded their own Northern Qi dynasty). The second is the tomb of Li Jingx…
The Tomb of Lou Rui (Northern Qi Empire) as a Monument of a Transitional Period
The article presents the preliminary results of the study of an incredibly important monument – the Tomb of Lou Rui, who was one of the highest officials in the state of Northern Qi. A rich funerary inventory was found there, as well as coloured frescoes with a preserved area of approximately 200 square meters. They include 71 compositions, among which the pictures of the solemn departure from the palace and the return back stand out. The most no…
Petroglyphs of Kangjiashimenzi (Xinjiang, PRC): Once Again about the Chronology and Semantics of the Site
The article discusses a unique monument of rock-art on the territory of Xinjiang – namely the petroglyphs of Kangjiashimenzi (Hutubi County). The person who began scientific investigation of this site in 1987 was Professor Wang Binghua. From that time, the issues of Hutubi petroglyphs became among the most popular topics in Chinese archaeological literature but only in a few publications in other countries and only one – in Russia. This article a…
The Palace that Could Be the Biggest in the World
The authors investigate the historical fate of one of four construction mega-projects of Qin Shihuangdi, namely, Epang Palace which was supposed to become the worthy dwelling for the first unifier of the Celestial Empire. Construction workers erected the giant platform-stylobate and built three walls around it. During the Middle Ages (from the end of the Han dynasty and up to the Tang dynasty) it accommodated the military Echeng settlement. Withi…
The main stages of the ancient history of Japan (materials for educational course "Archaeology of overseas Asia")
This review of the main publications about the problems of Japanese archaeology (from Paleolithic epoch up to the period of Kofun culture) represents teaching materials for students with specialty in archaeology (within the course «Archaeology of overseas Asia») and with specialty in oriental studies (within the course «History and culture of Japan»). Taking into account the main task of this publication – namely, support for educational process …
Rock-Painting of Left River (China)
Vladimir Nikitovich Plastun: Bibliography (2014–2018)
Новосибирский государственный университет Новосибирск, Россия АннотацияДанная публикация посвящена значительному событию в отечественном востоковедении: 80-летнему юбилею доктора исторических наук, профессора, члена Общественной палаты союзного государства В. Н. Пластуна.Из этих 80 лет он почти 50 (первая статья была опубликована в 1970 г.) посвятил занятиям наукой о Востоке.При этом он занимался не только академической наукой, но и ее практическ…
Changbin culture on Taiwan: History of investigations and basic characteristics
Purpose. The paper describes the most ancient archaeological culture of Taiwan and its significance for the reconstruction of the early stage of the human society’s development in the region. Results. Changbin, the culture of the Late Paleolithic Age, named after Changbin Township in Taidong County on the eastern coast of the island and its southern extremities where it was discovered. Excavations of the primary site, Baxiandong (Baxian caves; or…
Prescientific” period of studying petroglyphs in China
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On Studies of Shisanling – Funeral–memorial Complex of the Late Medieval Epoch in China
К ИЗУЧЕНИЮ ШИСАНЬЛИНА
Petroglyphs of Taiwan
Materials from the Vicinity of Lake Lop Nor in the Funds of the Central National Museum of Korea and Their Understanding in the Context of Contemporary Archaeological Studies in Xinjiang
Purpose. The article introduces and analyzes in detail the materials of the Bronze Age from the vicinity of Lake Lop Nor (Xinjiang, China), which are stored in the funds of the National Museum of Korea. The artifacts were obtained by the expedition to Xinjiang under the general guidance of the Japanese explorer and religious public figure, count Otani Kodzui. They are part of a special section of the famous “Otani Collection”. The Korean segment …
Semantics of the Main Scene of Huashan Rock-Paintings (Guangxi-Zhuang Autonomous Region, China)
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Archaeological Heritage of Taiwan
The Palace that Could Be the Biggest in the World
The authors investigate the historical fate of one of four construction mega-projects of Qin Shihuangdi, namely, Epang Palace which was supposed to become the worthy dwelling for the first unifier of the Celestial Empire. Construction workers erected the giant platform-stylobate and built three walls around it. During the Middle Ages (from the end of the Han dynasty and up to the Tang dynasty) it accommodated the military Echeng settlement. Withi…
Visit to Museums of North-East China
The review contains information about the performances of employees of the Department of Oriental Studies of the Institute for Humanities of Novosibirsk State University and the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the SB RAS at international conferences, during which they also visited several important historical museums in northeast China. The review also touches on the famous Lamaist complexes of Inner Mongolia – Dalelinsi and Wudanzhao,…
Petroglyphs of Kangjiashimenzi (Xinjiang, PRC): Once Again about the Chronology and Semantics of the Site
The article discusses a unique monument of rock-art on the territory of Xinjiang – namely the petroglyphs of Kangjiashimenzi (Hutubi County). The person who began scientific investigation of this site in 1987 was Professor Wang Binghua. From that time, the issues of Hutubi petroglyphs became among the most popular topics in Chinese archaeological literature but only in a few publications in other countries and only one – in Russia. This article a…
The Latest Data on the Sanxingdui Culture
This article presents the data on the excavation at the Sanxingdui site in the the field season of 2021. Six more sacrificial pits ranging in size from 3.5 to 19 sq. m were added to two pits investigated in 1986. The inventory discovered inside is of exceptional wealth and includes bronze and gold masks, ritual vessels, and other cultic objects (altar, solar “wheel,” fragments of bronze trees). As a rule, metal objects were covered with the layer…
New Data on the Weaponry of the Terracotta Army (Technological Aspect)
This article presents the results of studying protection methods against corrosion in bronze weapons which were found in the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuangdi. Even during the first season of excavations, well-preserved weapons with traces of chromium on the surface were discovered. Based on these findings, it was suggested that the Qin artisans knew the chromium plating process, when protective film was applied by immersing a bronze item in a containe…
Terracotta Warrior: Image or Person
The article investigates the problem of the so-called portraiture of personages presented in the terracotta army of the First Qin emperor. The results of analytical work of foreign colleagues were explored (namely, on restoration of the full spectrum of paints on the surface of the clay figures, or comparative studies of the forms of terracotta soldiers’ ears because this part of the human face is absolutely unique and therefore used in modern fo…
China: A Year of Trails. Rev.: A. A. Maslov
The publication presents a brief review of the new book by A. A. Maslov. Through the investigation of the struggle against COVID-19 in China, the author provides a comprehensive picture of the social-economic situation in the country, analyzes the reasons for the victory over the pandemic by Chinese society and its political structures, as well as modern alternatives for globalization. The book specially introduces the situation in Hong Kong as i…
Valuable Resource on the History of China (Review of the Courses of Video-lectures by S. V. Dmitriev “A History of China” and “A History of Chinese Studies”)
The review briefly presents two academic courses, ‘A History of China’ and ‘A History of Chinese Studies’ by S. V. Dmitriev published online on the “Youtube” platform. The creation of high-quality, publicly available educational resources significantly expands the opportunities for the study of historical sinological disciplines and sets a new standard for their teaching both in higher and supplementary education
Coronavirus as a Political Factor: Western and Chinese Versions of Sars-CoV-2 Origin and the Ways of Its Treatment
From the very beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, debates about its origin became substantially ideologised. The main ideological competition comprises the opposition of the two poles, the West understood in the collective sense, and China. Despite the WHO Commission regarded the version of artificial SARS-CoV-2 origin that escaped from the laboratory in Wuhan, the least probable, some Western politicians continued to use speculations about “C…
Confucius against Covid (Some Aspects of Chinese Experience in Dealing with a Pandemic)
From the end of 2019 to the present day, the world lives in a constant confrontation with the epidemic caused by coronavirus infection. The first country to experience COVID-19 attack was China. The data on the number of cases and deaths from this disease are tens, and sometimes hundreds of times less than in most developed countries, especially if we take into account the huge population of the PRC. During 2021, mortality caused by coronavirus r…
Epigraphic and pictorial materials from An Jia the tomb (preliminary report)
The article presents materials of An Jia tomb, one of the early medieval Sogdian burials in China. A description of the burial complex is offered, descriptions of the painted reliefs of the stone burial couch and a stone panel above the tomb door, as well as the complete commented translation of the epitaph of the deceased are provided. Two versions of interpretation of stone reliefs’ semantics are proposed: an idealized report on the earthly lif…
Footprints of a Golden Camel Near Qin Shihuangdi’s Mausoleum
The article presents materials of the excavations of Qin burials near the area of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. To the west of its outer wall, a burial ground of nine large tombs has been excavated, which are dated to the age of the empire's formation, however the possibility of an earlier date is not excluded. The most interesting finds were reportedly from grave M1, which included bronze bells and ritual vessels, iron armament, jade scepters a…
The Tomb of Lou Rui (Northern Qi Empire) as a Monument of a Transitional Period
The article presents the preliminary results of the study of an incredibly important monument – the Tomb of Lou Rui, who was one of the highest officials in the state of Northern Qi. A rich funerary inventory was found there, as well as coloured frescoes with a preserved area of approximately 200 square meters. They include 71 compositions, among which the pictures of the solemn departure from the palace and the return back stand out. The most no…
The Jinlianshan Graveyard and Its Role in the Study of the Dong Son – Dian Civilization
The article presents the results of the excavation and studying of the materials from the Jinlianshan graveyard in Yuxi prefecture-level city (Yunnan Province, PRC). The significant part of the site belongs to the late period of Dian Culture (other name: Shizhaishan Culture), which, according to the found bronze coins and seal, dates from the end of 2 nd century BC to the beginning of 1 st century AD. The site was a cemetery of the population wit…
Burials of Young Princesses in Early Medieval China
The article addresses materials found in two burials of representatives of the ruling clans of the early medieval states in China. The first one is the tomb of the Rouran princess Yujiului Chidilian (550) - the granddaughter of the Rouran Khagan Anagui and the wife of Gao Dan (a member of the aristocratic family of the Northern and Eastern Wei period, whose representatives founded their own Northern Qi dynasty). The second is the tomb of Li Jingx…
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