Mariya Balabanova
Biographic Data
| ID | 8792968 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mariya Balabanova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mariya |
| FAMILY NAME | Balabanova |
| SIGNATURE | BALABANOVA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Volgograd State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Nomads of the Oghuz-Pecheneg Time of the Volga-Don Region According to Anthropology Data
Introduction. The article presents the results of an anthropological study of the nomads of the Oghuz-Pecheneg period of the Volga-Don region, known from written and archaeological sources. Material and methods. To carry out the analysis, both published materials and new ones studied by the author were used. The craniological series included data on 55 skulls – 38 male and 17 female. The new material is represented by skulls obtained from excavat…
The Problem of Forming a Sample for Bioarchaeological Research (Based on the Results of the Study of Paleoanthropological Materials of the Lower Volga Region)
Introduction. The problem of studying the ethnogenesis and ethnic history of ancient and medieval peoples appeared immediately after the formation of archaeology as a science. At first, archaeologists tried to identify the bearers of archaeological cultures with specific ethnic groups, and then they began to determine cultural-historical communities and color them ethnically. In the anthropological context, cultural-historical communities exist i…
Interdisciplinary Research in Archeology at Volgograd State University
The article gives the subject of the work carried out by scientists of the Volgograd State University within the framework of an interdisciplinary approach in the study of archaeological sites of the Lower Volga region
The 4th Century BC Female Burials with Snakes from the Burial Ground at Village Lyatoshinka
Introduction. The article presents the results of the study of two burials of the 4th century BC with snakes from the Lyatoshinka burial ground in the Volgograd Transvolga region. Methods and materials. In the process of investigation, an interdisciplinary approach was used with the inclusion of a typological method, the method of analogies and cross-dating, methods of craniological research (craniometry and cranioscopy), as well as methods for a…
About Anthropological Connections Between the Scythians of the Northern Black Sea Region and the Sauromat-Sarmatian Population of 6th – 3rd Centuries BC
Introduction. The article discusses the issue of possible connections of the Sauromat-Early Sarmatian population of the 6th – 3rd centuries BC of the Southern Urals, the Lower Volga region and the Lower Don with the synchronous groups of the Northern Black Sea region according to physical anthropology. This problem is directly related to the origin of the Scythians, which still remains controversial. The review of scientific literature has shown …
Funeral Rite and Morphology of a Buried Man from Kurgan of Tau Cemetery (Western Kazakhstan)
Introduction. The paper presents results of the funeral rite and material culture study of the Sauromat time Tau cemetery located on the territory of Western Kazakhstan, and also provides anthropological analysis of the skull discovered there. Methods and materials. An interdisciplinary approach was applied in the course of the study with inclusion of typological, analog and cross-dating methods regarding the funeral rite and material culture exa…
On the Issue of the Sarmatian Population Genetic Composition in the Lower Volga Region (Paleogenetic Data)
Introduction. The article presents the results of the analysis of mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome samples obtained from the representatives of Sarmatian populations from the Lower Volga region belonging to all stages of the culture. Methods and materials. The authors have screened samples from 202 individuals representing three cultural and chronological Sarmatian groups (Early Sarmatian, Middle Sarmatian and Late Sarmatian cultures). As a res…
Cultural and Morphological Differentiation of the Population of the Middle Bronze Age in the Lower Volga Region and Adjacent Territories
Introduction. The author of the article considers the cultural and morphological differentiation of the population of the Middle Bronze Age in the Lower Volga region and adjacent territories. Methods and materials. The researcher has analyzed 18 male craniological series, which were compiled from published and new materials. The authors contribution is more than 230 skulls. The comparative analysis has been carried out by the canonical method to …
Anthropological Composition of the Population of the Early Iron Age from the Lower Volga Region (According to the Materials of the Kurgan Group of Krivaya Luka)
The article is devoted to the craniological materials of the early Iron Age from the kurgans of Krivaya Luka tract in the Astrakhan region, which were excavated during ten field seasons. The rich anthropological material was obtained as a result of the excavations studied by A.V. Shevchenko, A.A. Kazarnitskiy, M.A. Balabanova, L.T. Yablonskiy. The anthropological materials of the Early Iron Age consisted of 85 skulls are studied in the current ar…
The Dynamics of Anthropological Types of the Sarmatian Population That Left Staritsa Burial Mound
The paper presents the intergroup analysis made by the canonical method aimed at determining variability of anthropological types in chronological groups of the Sarmatian population that left Staritsa burial mound. For this purpose, digital information on 44 male and 30 female series including all three stages of Sarmatian culture from the burial mounds of the Lower Volga region was studied. The results of the analysis reveal smaller massiveness …
Continuity and Innovations in Sauromatian and Early Sarmatian Cultures (Based on the Materials of Staritskiy Burial Mound)
The article is devoted to the issues of continuity and innovations in Sauromatian and early Sarmatian cultures and in the population of anthropological type. To resolve this issue, the archaeological database of 5 Sauromatian and 48 early Sarmatian burials was used. The anthropological database consists of 31 measured skulls of the early Sarmatian epoch (4th – 1st centuries BC). The anthropological material was studied by methods of one-dimension…
Continuity and Innovations in the Middle Sarmatian and Late Sarmatian Cultures (Based on the Materials of Staritsa Burial Mound)
This article considers the issues of continuity and innovations in the middle and late Sarmatian cultures on the materials of Staritsa burial mound. The burial mound was dug out in the 60s of the 20th century by archaeological expedition under the leadership of V.P. Shilov. To solve this problem the main features of burial complexes and anthropological materials of the 1st – 3rd centuries A.D. were analyzed. The source base of the research includ…
Special Rituals, Rites and Customs of Treatment of Human Bodies (A Case Study of Sarmatian Cultures)
This article presents characteristics of special rituals, rites and customs identified in Sarmatian cultures of Eastern Europe. For example, a group of prone burials of the Late Sarmatian time was distinguished in the course of the research. As shown by the comparative historical analysis of the prone burials, this society differed from other synchronous groups of the population in the relatively mass nature of such burials. Analysing the details…
On the Succession of Sarmatian Cultures and Population (Based on the Materials of the Kalinovsky Burial Mound)
The paper presents the results of a new research into the archaeological and anthropological materials of the Kalinovka burial mound of the Sarmatian time. For the first time, these materials were investigated by V.P. Shilov and V.V. Ginzburg in 1959. On the basis of modern developments in archaeology of Sarmatian antiquities and achievements of Russian and foreign anthropology, we present a fairly objective picture of the interaction of local an…
To the Anthropological Type of the Sarmatian Elite (Based on the Materials from Burial of the Middle Sarmatian Time of the Lower Volga Region)
This paper reviews the anthropological type of Sarmatian elite using craniological data which were obtained from the burials of the middle Sarmatian time. Elite complexes include burials where objects of material culture are represented with the symbols of power such as pectoral, torc, golden bracelets, silver and bronze cookware sets, clothes sheathed with gold plaques and so on. Reconstruction of a complex funeral rite, as well as grave goods, …
Diagonal Burials as a Marker of Succession of Sarmatian Cultures in the First Centuries AD
The paper is devoted to studying diagonal funerary complexes as markers of Sarmatian cultures succession in the first centuries AD. The research is based on the analysis of the Middle Sarmatian and Late Sarmatian diagonal burial rite and on the anthropological materials. We have used 53 diagonal archaeological complexes of the Late Sarmatian time and the craniological series of 42 Middle Sarmatian sculls and 24 Late Sarmatian sculls. The research…
Morphology of Child Burials of Early Nomads in the Lower Volga Region (Based on Materials of the Burial Mounds of Early Sarmatian Time)
The article is devoted to morphology of child burials of the Early Sarmatian time in the Lower Volga region, which have been studied on the basis of five burial mounds –Berezhnovka, Kalinovka, Kovalevka, Pervomaysky, Peregruznoe I. During the analysis the following age groups of children have been studied: 0-4 years; 5-9 years; 10-14 years (from 132 child burials). The age was specified within the framework of these three age groups in all cases.…
On the Anthropology of the Population of the Eneolithic – Early Bronze Age (on Materials of Burial Grounds of the Volgograd Region)
This article is devoted to the results of anthropological studies of craniological materials which were found in the burial complexes of the Eneolithic and the Early Bronze age in the Volgograd region. The number of discovered skulls is twenty six, two of them belong to the Eneolithic, four male and two female skulls pertain to the early period of the Yamna culture and the others belong to the late period of the Yamna culture. Except for the new …
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On the Anthropology of the Population of the Eneolithic – Early Bronze Age (on Materials of Burial Grounds of the Volgograd Region)
This article is devoted to the results of anthropological studies of craniological materials which were found in the burial complexes of the Eneolithic and the Early Bronze age in the Volgograd region. The number of discovered skulls is twenty six, two of them belong to the Eneolithic, four male and two female skulls pertain to the early period of the Yamna culture and the others belong to the late period of the Yamna culture. Except for the new …
Morphology of Child Burials of Early Nomads in the Lower Volga Region (Based on Materials of the Burial Mounds of Early Sarmatian Time)
The article is devoted to morphology of child burials of the Early Sarmatian time in the Lower Volga region, which have been studied on the basis of five burial mounds –Berezhnovka, Kalinovka, Kovalevka, Pervomaysky, Peregruznoe I. During the analysis the following age groups of children have been studied: 0-4 years; 5-9 years; 10-14 years (from 132 child burials). The age was specified within the framework of these three age groups in all cases.…
On the Succession of Sarmatian Cultures and Population (Based on the Materials of the Kalinovsky Burial Mound)
The paper presents the results of a new research into the archaeological and anthropological materials of the Kalinovka burial mound of the Sarmatian time. For the first time, these materials were investigated by V.P. Shilov and V.V. Ginzburg in 1959. On the basis of modern developments in archaeology of Sarmatian antiquities and achievements of Russian and foreign anthropology, we present a fairly objective picture of the interaction of local an…
To the Anthropological Type of the Sarmatian Elite (Based on the Materials from Burial of the Middle Sarmatian Time of the Lower Volga Region)
This paper reviews the anthropological type of Sarmatian elite using craniological data which were obtained from the burials of the middle Sarmatian time. Elite complexes include burials where objects of material culture are represented with the symbols of power such as pectoral, torc, golden bracelets, silver and bronze cookware sets, clothes sheathed with gold plaques and so on. Reconstruction of a complex funeral rite, as well as grave goods, …
Diagonal Burials as a Marker of Succession of Sarmatian Cultures in the First Centuries AD
The paper is devoted to studying diagonal funerary complexes as markers of Sarmatian cultures succession in the first centuries AD. The research is based on the analysis of the Middle Sarmatian and Late Sarmatian diagonal burial rite and on the anthropological materials. We have used 53 diagonal archaeological complexes of the Late Sarmatian time and the craniological series of 42 Middle Sarmatian sculls and 24 Late Sarmatian sculls. The research…
The Dynamics of Anthropological Types of the Sarmatian Population That Left Staritsa Burial Mound
The paper presents the intergroup analysis made by the canonical method aimed at determining variability of anthropological types in chronological groups of the Sarmatian population that left Staritsa burial mound. For this purpose, digital information on 44 male and 30 female series including all three stages of Sarmatian culture from the burial mounds of the Lower Volga region was studied. The results of the analysis reveal smaller massiveness …
Continuity and Innovations in Sauromatian and Early Sarmatian Cultures (Based on the Materials of Staritskiy Burial Mound)
The article is devoted to the issues of continuity and innovations in Sauromatian and early Sarmatian cultures and in the population of anthropological type. To resolve this issue, the archaeological database of 5 Sauromatian and 48 early Sarmatian burials was used. The anthropological database consists of 31 measured skulls of the early Sarmatian epoch (4th – 1st centuries BC). The anthropological material was studied by methods of one-dimension…
Continuity and Innovations in the Middle Sarmatian and Late Sarmatian Cultures (Based on the Materials of Staritsa Burial Mound)
This article considers the issues of continuity and innovations in the middle and late Sarmatian cultures on the materials of Staritsa burial mound. The burial mound was dug out in the 60s of the 20th century by archaeological expedition under the leadership of V.P. Shilov. To solve this problem the main features of burial complexes and anthropological materials of the 1st – 3rd centuries A.D. were analyzed. The source base of the research includ…
Special Rituals, Rites and Customs of Treatment of Human Bodies (A Case Study of Sarmatian Cultures)
This article presents characteristics of special rituals, rites and customs identified in Sarmatian cultures of Eastern Europe. For example, a group of prone burials of the Late Sarmatian time was distinguished in the course of the research. As shown by the comparative historical analysis of the prone burials, this society differed from other synchronous groups of the population in the relatively mass nature of such burials. Analysing the details…
On the Issue of the Sarmatian Population Genetic Composition in the Lower Volga Region (Paleogenetic Data)
Introduction. The article presents the results of the analysis of mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome samples obtained from the representatives of Sarmatian populations from the Lower Volga region belonging to all stages of the culture. Methods and materials. The authors have screened samples from 202 individuals representing three cultural and chronological Sarmatian groups (Early Sarmatian, Middle Sarmatian and Late Sarmatian cultures). As a res…
Cultural and Morphological Differentiation of the Population of the Middle Bronze Age in the Lower Volga Region and Adjacent Territories
Introduction. The author of the article considers the cultural and morphological differentiation of the population of the Middle Bronze Age in the Lower Volga region and adjacent territories. Methods and materials. The researcher has analyzed 18 male craniological series, which were compiled from published and new materials. The authors contribution is more than 230 skulls. The comparative analysis has been carried out by the canonical method to …
Anthropological Composition of the Population of the Early Iron Age from the Lower Volga Region (According to the Materials of the Kurgan Group of Krivaya Luka)
The article is devoted to the craniological materials of the early Iron Age from the kurgans of Krivaya Luka tract in the Astrakhan region, which were excavated during ten field seasons. The rich anthropological material was obtained as a result of the excavations studied by A.V. Shevchenko, A.A. Kazarnitskiy, M.A. Balabanova, L.T. Yablonskiy. The anthropological materials of the Early Iron Age consisted of 85 skulls are studied in the current ar…
About Anthropological Connections Between the Scythians of the Northern Black Sea Region and the Sauromat-Sarmatian Population of 6th – 3rd Centuries BC
Introduction. The article discusses the issue of possible connections of the Sauromat-Early Sarmatian population of the 6th – 3rd centuries BC of the Southern Urals, the Lower Volga region and the Lower Don with the synchronous groups of the Northern Black Sea region according to physical anthropology. This problem is directly related to the origin of the Scythians, which still remains controversial. The review of scientific literature has shown …
Funeral Rite and Morphology of a Buried Man from Kurgan of Tau Cemetery (Western Kazakhstan)
Introduction. The paper presents results of the funeral rite and material culture study of the Sauromat time Tau cemetery located on the territory of Western Kazakhstan, and also provides anthropological analysis of the skull discovered there. Methods and materials. An interdisciplinary approach was applied in the course of the study with inclusion of typological, analog and cross-dating methods regarding the funeral rite and material culture exa…
The 4th Century BC Female Burials with Snakes from the Burial Ground at Village Lyatoshinka
Introduction. The article presents the results of the study of two burials of the 4th century BC with snakes from the Lyatoshinka burial ground in the Volgograd Transvolga region. Methods and materials. In the process of investigation, an interdisciplinary approach was used with the inclusion of a typological method, the method of analogies and cross-dating, methods of craniological research (craniometry and cranioscopy), as well as methods for a…
The Problem of Forming a Sample for Bioarchaeological Research (Based on the Results of the Study of Paleoanthropological Materials of the Lower Volga Region)
Introduction. The problem of studying the ethnogenesis and ethnic history of ancient and medieval peoples appeared immediately after the formation of archaeology as a science. At first, archaeologists tried to identify the bearers of archaeological cultures with specific ethnic groups, and then they began to determine cultural-historical communities and color them ethnically. In the anthropological context, cultural-historical communities exist i…
Interdisciplinary Research in Archeology at Volgograd State University
The article gives the subject of the work carried out by scientists of the Volgograd State University within the framework of an interdisciplinary approach in the study of archaeological sites of the Lower Volga region
Nomads of the Oghuz-Pecheneg Time of the Volga-Don Region According to Anthropology Data
Introduction. The article presents the results of an anthropological study of the nomads of the Oghuz-Pecheneg period of the Volga-Don region, known from written and archaeological sources. Material and methods. To carry out the analysis, both published materials and new ones studied by the author were used. The craniological series included data on 55 skulls – 38 male and 17 female. The new material is represented by skulls obtained from excavat…
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