O A Mitko
Biographic Data
| ID | 837713 |
|---|---|
| NAME | O A Mitko |
| GIVEN NAMES | O A |
| FAMILY NAME | Mitko |
| SIGNATURE | MITKO O A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Novosibirsk State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7741-3167 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Mongolian Age Iron Shield from the Khakass-Minusinsk Region
We describe a partially preserved iron shield discovered in the Uybat steppe, Republic of Khakassia, in 2019. Measuring 65 cm in diameter and weighing over 4 kg, it is fl at, rounded, and riveted from 14 identical segmentshaped iron plates. The edge is decorated with a pattern of fi ne serrations. In the central part, the plates are joined by a two-piece boss with a narrow belt-clip located on the inside of the shield. The perimeter of the boss o…
The Technological Analysis of Earrings from a Burial with a Horse Skin at the Koybaly Cemetery, Khakassia
Статья посвящена реконструкции технологии изготовления уникальных серег из средневекового погребения на могильнике Койбалы в Хакасии, интерпретированных исследователями как изображения древнетюркской богини Умай. Определен состав металла изделий, дана характеристика использовавшегося инструментария, установлены последовательность и особенности применения технических приемов, выявлены конструктивные дефекты и причины механических повреждений. По р…
Riding Horse Equipment from a Medieval Burial on the Idzhim River in the Usinskaya Basin
Purpose. This article analyzes 78 pieces of horse equipment from a medieval burial of a woman and a newborn child. A silver-inlaid iron stirrup stands out among the rest. Results. Ornamentation covers both sides of the stirrup neck, the bows, and the inner and outer sides of the footrest. Its shape is typical of Turkic antiquities, but the style of the depiction is linked to Chinese decorative art. Similar stirrup bits have been found in medieval…
The Technological Analysis of Earrings from a Burial with a Horse Skin at the Koybaly Cemetery, Khakassia
We reconstruct the manufacturing process of unique earrings from a medieval burial at Koybaly, Khakassia, presumably representing the Old Turkic goddess Umay. The composition of the alloy is assessed, tools presumably involved in the manufacture are described, stages of the technological process are evaluated, design defects and reasons underlying mechanical damage are discussed. On the basis of the results of the technological analysis, a two-st…
Results of Excavations at the Tashtyk Burial Ground of Tesinsky Zaliv-3 (Bograd District of the Republic of Khakassia) in the Field Season of 2025
This article presents the results of ongoing fieldwork at the rapidly crumbling Tashtyk burial ground of Tesinsky Zaliv-3 located in Bograd District of the Republic of Khakassia. Bones of adult human were found on the rocky beach of the shore from a burial which collapsed from the coastal cliff. Excavation pit VII revealed two ground graves. Grave 1 was destroyed, but a part of the cribwork and two ceramic vessels survived. Grave 2 had a birch ba…
Funeral Cribworks from the Tesinsky Zaliv-3 Burial Ground
This article discusses wooden burial structures of the Tashtyk culture. Five burials were excavated at the Tesinsky Zaliv-3 burial ground (Republic of Khakassia) in the field season of 2025. Four of them contained cribworks in varying preservation degrees. One of the objectives of research at the site was to collect the remains of wooden structures for subsequent study using the methods of dendrochronology for dating the graves of the burial site…
This Long Ninth Century»
The article is dedicated to the analysis of the issues of periodization and local variants of the Yenisei Kyrgyz culture in the Southern Siberia. The concept of the «long ninth century» is used in relation to the history and archaeology of the medieval population that occupied the Usinsk Basin in the Western Sayan Mountains after 840 AD. It is understood as the integrity of the key elements of the Usinsk Kyrgyz culture, its chronological continui…
Gold-Plated Earrings and Personal Items from a Medieval Burial on the Idzhim River (Western Sayan, Usinsk Basin)
Purpose. The results of the analysis of personal inventory from a medieval burial of a woman and a newborn child in mound 4 of the Sayany-Pogranichnoye-4 burial ground accompanied by a horse skin are introduced into scientific circulation.Results. The burial ground is located at the source of the Idzhim River flowing in the Usinskaya Basin, which was captured by the Yenisei Kyrgyz as a result of the war of 820-840. Bronze gilded earrings with a l…
Dendrochronological Analysis of Wood from Graves 2 and 9 of the Tashtyk Burial Ground Tesinskiy Zaliv-3 in the Bogradsky District of the Khakassia Republic
The article presents the data of dendrochronological analysis of archaeological wood from Tesinsky Zaliv-3 graves 2 and 9 of the Tashtyk culture. The study is based on the collection of 22 wood samples from various structural elements of burial log cabins. Two species of coniferous trees: Siberian larch (Larix sibirica Ledeb.) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) have been identified. The poor state of preservation of the wood caused significant …
Experimental Traceological Research on Drilling Solid Minerals
Purpose. In archaeological sites of the Early Iron Age and the Hunno-Sarmatian period, there are very similar bead sets, among which carnelian products stand out. Carnelian has a high hardness coefficient and its drilling, even with modern tools, it is extremely technological and time-consuming. The important detail of the drilling process is the configuration of the cutting part of the tool, which leaves specific traces on the stone. In order to…
“D.G. Messerschmidt’s Cups”
В статье представлена характеристика двух металлических сосудов из грабительских раскопок средневековых курганов, которые Д.Г. Мессершмидту, путешествовавшему в 1722 г. по югу Красноярского края, предложили купить. Бронзовый кубок, судя по описаниям в дневнике исследователя и сопровождавшему их графическому рисунку, был типологически близок к древнетюркским сосудам типа кружки. Однако выгравированная на тулове сцена охоты позволяет отнести его к …
D.G. Messerschmidt’s Cups
We describe two metal vessels, procured by looters and offered to D.G. Messerschmidt, who in 1722 traveled across southern Krasnoyarsk Territory. A bronze cup, judging by a description in researcher’s journal and by the accompanying drawing, resembled Old Turkic specimens. However, the hunting scene engraved on its body suggests Chinese provenance. A silver vessel from the vestry of Fort Karaulny church is peculiar to 7th–10th century Sogdian tor…
Grave Goods of an Elite Saka Burial at Kyrykoba in the Context of Cultural Ties Between the Nomads of Kazakhstan and Siberia
Приведены результаты изучения материалов раскопок кургана раннесакского времени Кырыкоба в Восточном Казахстане. Памятник разграблен, содержал останки человека. По заключению антропологов, в кургане быта похоронена женщина зрелого возраста с признаками трепанации черепа. В захоронении обнаружены ок. 200 предметов, в основном украшения из золота и поделочных камней (поясные обоймы, золотой бисер, бусы). В статье дается описание наиболее интересной…
Тashtyk Sword
In 1962, an iron sword entered the funds of the Khakass Museum of Local Lore. It was discovered under random circumstances in the vicinity of the Podsinee village (currently a suburb of the city of Abakan). Yu.S. Khudyakov attributed the sword to the Tashtyk culture and gave a brief description of its size. According to the classifi cation, the sword is in Group I — rhombic, type 1 — with an emphasis for the plate crosshair. An analysis of weapon…
Accompanying Grave Goods from the Kyrgyz Warrior Burial from the Vicinity of the Novoselovo Village (Krasnoyarsk Region)
Purpose. An analysis of the collection of iron weapons of the Kyrgyz warrior and the equipment of his riding horse showed that they come from a burial made according to the cremation rite. Items of horse equipment are: a bit with a hook method of connecting links and cheek-pieces in the form of large rings; two arched stirrups with holes in the upper part of the shackle and 10 lamellar overlays for a wooden saddle. Results. The weapons consist of…
Grave Goods of an Elite Saka Burial at Kyrykoba in the Context of Cultural Ties Between the Nomads of Kazakhstan and Siberia
This article describes the findings of excavations of an Early Saka kurgan at Kyrykoba, Eastern Kazakhstan. The kurgan had been looted; human remains, according to physical anthropologists, belonged to a mature woman. Her cranium exhibited trepanation. Some 200 artifacts were found, mostly gold and stone ornaments (belt clips, gold seed beads, and simple beads). The most interesting find is a bimetallic pin made of iron. Its rod is missing; the t…
Excavation of the Tagar Barrows at Sagayskaya Protoka 1, 2, 5 and 12
The publication presents materials from the excavations of 6 burial mounds belonging to four separate Early Iron Age burial grounds. The investigations were carried out in the Askizsky District of the Republic of Khakassia as part of rescue works in the construction site of the second railway track at the “Chartykovsky - Kamyshta” section. Most of the burials were looted in antiquity. Inlet burials related to Tesinskaya archaeological culture wer…
Excavations of the Tesin and Tashtyk Graves at the Sagayskaya Protoka 2, 5 and 8 Burial Yards
In 2021, the Sagai archaeological team of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography SB RAS excavated four funerary and memorial complexes in the construction zone of the «Second track on the Chаrtykovsкy - Kamyshta stretch of the Krasnoyarsk railway». Mound 2 of the Sagayskaya protoka 2 burial ground contained 11 graves. Traces of diverse funeral rites were noted: intact corpses and partial burials of adults and infants in stone boxes and groun…
Preliminary Results of Rescue Excavations of Late Bronze Age Burial Sites at the Burial Grounds of Sagayskaya Protoka 7 and Askiz 17 in the Askiz District of the Republic of Khakassia
The publication contains materials from the three Late Bronze mounds. They are located in close proximity to the railway and highway, which affected the shape of the mounds and stone structures. Four graves were discovered in the excavation area of mound 2 at the Sagayskaya protoka 7 burial ground. Grave 1 with ceramic vessels and bronze items provided the greatest amount of finds: temple rings, two finger rings, small buttons that adorned the fu…
Early Iron Age Sword from the Territory of the Middle Yenisei
Purpose. The article is devoted to the characteristics of a double-edged iron sword, which can be attributed to the unique phenomena of the early Iron Age of the Minusinsk Basin. Results. According to its morphological characteristics, the sword is an increased technological modification of the traditional Tagar dagger. The total length of the sword is 59.5 cm; the width of the lenticular blade in cross-section is about 7 cm. The handle with a vo…
Technological Analysis of Turquoise Jewelry (Based on Finds from the Scythian Burial Ground of Ak-Dag I in Tyva)
Purpose. The article presents results of studying the elemental composition and manufacturing technology of turquoise jewelry found in barrow 1 of the Ak-Dag I burial ground of the early Scythian time. Scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy were used to determine the elemental composition of the mineral. The presence and ratio of the number of elements in the table indicates that the items are made of turquoise. The…
Research at the Tashtyk Settlement of Sartykov in the Republic of Khakassia
Results of Studying Belt Decoration from the Medieval Burial Ground of Grishkin Log-2 in the Middle Yenisei Region
Results of Field Survey in the Republic of Khakassia in 2019
Tesinsky Zaliv-3 Earthen Burial Ground of the Tashtyk Culture
The Burial Rite of the Early Scythian Nomads of Tuva (based on the Bai-Dag I Cemetery)
Excavations at the Bai-Dag I cemetery, the Eerbek River valley, Tuva, have revealed a burial rite typical of the Aldy-Bel culture, Early Scythian period. Above-ground and underground structures, principal features of the burial rite, and burial goods are described with regard to sex and age. Basic trends in the evolution of early nomadic funerary ritualism in Tuva are reconstructed
Gold-Plated Earrings and Personal Items from a Medieval Burial on the Idzhim River (Western Sayan, Usinsk Basin)
Purpose. The results of the analysis of personal inventory from a medieval burial of a woman and a newborn child in mound 4 of the Sayany-Pogranichnoye-4 burial ground accompanied by a horse skin are introduced into scientific circulation.Results. The burial ground is located at the source of the Idzhim River flowing in the Usinskaya Basin, which was captured by the Yenisei Kyrgyz as a result of the war of 820-840. Bronze gilded earrings with a l…
Tinder bag with a Chinese inscription
This article analyzes a tinder bag of the type that became widespread among the Turkic- and Mongolian-speaking peoples of Siberia and Central Asia in the Late Middle Ages and ethnographic period. The tinder bag is decorated with a metal plate containing the Chinese hieroglyphic inscription , which renders traditional Chinese good wishes, “Let precious/noble sons be born constantly.” This wish is one of the cultural universals related to the arche…
The Burial Rite of the Early Scythian Nomads of Tuva (based on the Bai-Dag I Cemetery)
Excavations at the Bai-Dag I cemetery, the Eerbek River valley, Tuva, have revealed a burial rite typical of the Aldy-Bel culture, Early Scythian period. Above-ground and underground structures, principal features of the burial rite, and burial goods are described with regard to sex and age. Basic trends in the evolution of early nomadic funerary ritualism in Tuva are reconstructed
Tesinsky Zaliv-3 Earthen Burial Ground of the Tashtyk Culture
Research at the Tashtyk Settlement of Sartykov in the Republic of Khakassia
Results of Studying Belt Decoration from the Medieval Burial Ground of Grishkin Log-2 in the Middle Yenisei Region
Results of Field Survey in the Republic of Khakassia in 2019
Technological Analysis of Turquoise Jewelry (Based on Finds from the Scythian Burial Ground of Ak-Dag I in Tyva)
Purpose. The article presents results of studying the elemental composition and manufacturing technology of turquoise jewelry found in barrow 1 of the Ak-Dag I burial ground of the early Scythian time. Scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy were used to determine the elemental composition of the mineral. The presence and ratio of the number of elements in the table indicates that the items are made of turquoise. The…
Excavation of the Tagar Barrows at Sagayskaya Protoka 1, 2, 5 and 12
The publication presents materials from the excavations of 6 burial mounds belonging to four separate Early Iron Age burial grounds. The investigations were carried out in the Askizsky District of the Republic of Khakassia as part of rescue works in the construction site of the second railway track at the “Chartykovsky - Kamyshta” section. Most of the burials were looted in antiquity. Inlet burials related to Tesinskaya archaeological culture wer…
Excavations of the Tesin and Tashtyk Graves at the Sagayskaya Protoka 2, 5 and 8 Burial Yards
In 2021, the Sagai archaeological team of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography SB RAS excavated four funerary and memorial complexes in the construction zone of the «Second track on the Chаrtykovsкy - Kamyshta stretch of the Krasnoyarsk railway». Mound 2 of the Sagayskaya protoka 2 burial ground contained 11 graves. Traces of diverse funeral rites were noted: intact corpses and partial burials of adults and infants in stone boxes and groun…
Preliminary Results of Rescue Excavations of Late Bronze Age Burial Sites at the Burial Grounds of Sagayskaya Protoka 7 and Askiz 17 in the Askiz District of the Republic of Khakassia
The publication contains materials from the three Late Bronze mounds. They are located in close proximity to the railway and highway, which affected the shape of the mounds and stone structures. Four graves were discovered in the excavation area of mound 2 at the Sagayskaya protoka 7 burial ground. Grave 1 with ceramic vessels and bronze items provided the greatest amount of finds: temple rings, two finger rings, small buttons that adorned the fu…
Early Iron Age Sword from the Territory of the Middle Yenisei
Purpose. The article is devoted to the characteristics of a double-edged iron sword, which can be attributed to the unique phenomena of the early Iron Age of the Minusinsk Basin. Results. According to its morphological characteristics, the sword is an increased technological modification of the traditional Tagar dagger. The total length of the sword is 59.5 cm; the width of the lenticular blade in cross-section is about 7 cm. The handle with a vo…
Grave Goods of an Elite Saka Burial at Kyrykoba in the Context of Cultural Ties Between the Nomads of Kazakhstan and Siberia
Приведены результаты изучения материалов раскопок кургана раннесакского времени Кырыкоба в Восточном Казахстане. Памятник разграблен, содержал останки человека. По заключению антропологов, в кургане быта похоронена женщина зрелого возраста с признаками трепанации черепа. В захоронении обнаружены ок. 200 предметов, в основном украшения из золота и поделочных камней (поясные обоймы, золотой бисер, бусы). В статье дается описание наиболее интересной…
Тashtyk Sword
In 1962, an iron sword entered the funds of the Khakass Museum of Local Lore. It was discovered under random circumstances in the vicinity of the Podsinee village (currently a suburb of the city of Abakan). Yu.S. Khudyakov attributed the sword to the Tashtyk culture and gave a brief description of its size. According to the classifi cation, the sword is in Group I — rhombic, type 1 — with an emphasis for the plate crosshair. An analysis of weapon…
Accompanying Grave Goods from the Kyrgyz Warrior Burial from the Vicinity of the Novoselovo Village (Krasnoyarsk Region)
Purpose. An analysis of the collection of iron weapons of the Kyrgyz warrior and the equipment of his riding horse showed that they come from a burial made according to the cremation rite. Items of horse equipment are: a bit with a hook method of connecting links and cheek-pieces in the form of large rings; two arched stirrups with holes in the upper part of the shackle and 10 lamellar overlays for a wooden saddle. Results. The weapons consist of…
Grave Goods of an Elite Saka Burial at Kyrykoba in the Context of Cultural Ties Between the Nomads of Kazakhstan and Siberia
This article describes the findings of excavations of an Early Saka kurgan at Kyrykoba, Eastern Kazakhstan. The kurgan had been looted; human remains, according to physical anthropologists, belonged to a mature woman. Her cranium exhibited trepanation. Some 200 artifacts were found, mostly gold and stone ornaments (belt clips, gold seed beads, and simple beads). The most interesting find is a bimetallic pin made of iron. Its rod is missing; the t…
“D.G. Messerschmidt’s Cups”
В статье представлена характеристика двух металлических сосудов из грабительских раскопок средневековых курганов, которые Д.Г. Мессершмидту, путешествовавшему в 1722 г. по югу Красноярского края, предложили купить. Бронзовый кубок, судя по описаниям в дневнике исследователя и сопровождавшему их графическому рисунку, был типологически близок к древнетюркским сосудам типа кружки. Однако выгравированная на тулове сцена охоты позволяет отнести его к …
D.G. Messerschmidt’s Cups
We describe two metal vessels, procured by looters and offered to D.G. Messerschmidt, who in 1722 traveled across southern Krasnoyarsk Territory. A bronze cup, judging by a description in researcher’s journal and by the accompanying drawing, resembled Old Turkic specimens. However, the hunting scene engraved on its body suggests Chinese provenance. A silver vessel from the vestry of Fort Karaulny church is peculiar to 7th–10th century Sogdian tor…
Dendrochronological Analysis of Wood from Graves 2 and 9 of the Tashtyk Burial Ground Tesinskiy Zaliv-3 in the Bogradsky District of the Khakassia Republic
The article presents the data of dendrochronological analysis of archaeological wood from Tesinsky Zaliv-3 graves 2 and 9 of the Tashtyk culture. The study is based on the collection of 22 wood samples from various structural elements of burial log cabins. Two species of coniferous trees: Siberian larch (Larix sibirica Ledeb.) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) have been identified. The poor state of preservation of the wood caused significant …
Experimental Traceological Research on Drilling Solid Minerals
Purpose. In archaeological sites of the Early Iron Age and the Hunno-Sarmatian period, there are very similar bead sets, among which carnelian products stand out. Carnelian has a high hardness coefficient and its drilling, even with modern tools, it is extremely technological and time-consuming. The important detail of the drilling process is the configuration of the cutting part of the tool, which leaves specific traces on the stone. In order to…
Results of Excavations at the Tashtyk Burial Ground of Tesinsky Zaliv-3 (Bograd District of the Republic of Khakassia) in the Field Season of 2025
This article presents the results of ongoing fieldwork at the rapidly crumbling Tashtyk burial ground of Tesinsky Zaliv-3 located in Bograd District of the Republic of Khakassia. Bones of adult human were found on the rocky beach of the shore from a burial which collapsed from the coastal cliff. Excavation pit VII revealed two ground graves. Grave 1 was destroyed, but a part of the cribwork and two ceramic vessels survived. Grave 2 had a birch ba…
Funeral Cribworks from the Tesinsky Zaliv-3 Burial Ground
This article discusses wooden burial structures of the Tashtyk culture. Five burials were excavated at the Tesinsky Zaliv-3 burial ground (Republic of Khakassia) in the field season of 2025. Four of them contained cribworks in varying preservation degrees. One of the objectives of research at the site was to collect the remains of wooden structures for subsequent study using the methods of dendrochronology for dating the graves of the burial site…
This Long Ninth Century»
The article is dedicated to the analysis of the issues of periodization and local variants of the Yenisei Kyrgyz culture in the Southern Siberia. The concept of the «long ninth century» is used in relation to the history and archaeology of the medieval population that occupied the Usinsk Basin in the Western Sayan Mountains after 840 AD. It is understood as the integrity of the key elements of the Usinsk Kyrgyz culture, its chronological continui…
Gold-Plated Earrings and Personal Items from a Medieval Burial on the Idzhim River (Western Sayan, Usinsk Basin)
Purpose. The results of the analysis of personal inventory from a medieval burial of a woman and a newborn child in mound 4 of the Sayany-Pogranichnoye-4 burial ground accompanied by a horse skin are introduced into scientific circulation.Results. The burial ground is located at the source of the Idzhim River flowing in the Usinskaya Basin, which was captured by the Yenisei Kyrgyz as a result of the war of 820-840. Bronze gilded earrings with a l…
A Mongolian Age Iron Shield from the Khakass-Minusinsk Region
We describe a partially preserved iron shield discovered in the Uybat steppe, Republic of Khakassia, in 2019. Measuring 65 cm in diameter and weighing over 4 kg, it is fl at, rounded, and riveted from 14 identical segmentshaped iron plates. The edge is decorated with a pattern of fi ne serrations. In the central part, the plates are joined by a two-piece boss with a narrow belt-clip located on the inside of the shield. The perimeter of the boss o…
The Technological Analysis of Earrings from a Burial with a Horse Skin at the Koybaly Cemetery, Khakassia
Статья посвящена реконструкции технологии изготовления уникальных серег из средневекового погребения на могильнике Койбалы в Хакасии, интерпретированных исследователями как изображения древнетюркской богини Умай. Определен состав металла изделий, дана характеристика использовавшегося инструментария, установлены последовательность и особенности применения технических приемов, выявлены конструктивные дефекты и причины механических повреждений. По р…
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