Archaeological and Anthropological Analysis of New Materials from the Mayak Burial Ground in the Samara Region
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13078512 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vasilyev Sergey V (Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, corresponding author), Borutskaya Svetlana B (Lomonosov Moscow State University), Stashenkov Dmitry A, Kochkina Anna F, Kuzmin Yaroslav V (V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy), Bruno Mathieu (0000-0001-5091-5848, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 37 |
| Pages | 22-31 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Povolzhskaya Arkheologiya (The Volga River Region Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2306-4099 • E-ISSN: 2500-2856 |
| Publisher | Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • RU) |
| DOI | 10.24852/pa2021.3.37.22.31 |
| OpenAlex | W3205312970 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
The article introduces new paleoanthropological materials from the Mayak burial ground near Sidelkino village in the Samara region into scientific discourse. The materials were obtained as a result of excavations in 1995 and only recently was it possible to date them. As a result of AMS analysis fulfilled by the authors, human remains from two burials were dated back to the Early Mesolithic. The analysis was carried out taking into account the influence of the “reservoir effect.Despite the rather poor preservation of individuals from the two described burials, the authors carried out an osteological analysis of an adult male from the second burial. He turned out to be quite tall, with elongated legs, shortened forearms, saber-shaped tibia and relatively massive bones of the lower limbs. In burial 3, the remains of an adult woman and a child of 7–10 years old were found. Comparing the osteological indicators of the man from the second burial with materials from the same burial ground of excavations in 2002, the authors came to the conclusion that the people whose remains were found on the hill Mayak in 1995 and in 2002 probably belong to the same population. Similar morphological characteristics are proof of this
Archaeology · Biology · Excavation · Geography · Mesolithic · Osteology · Samara · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |