Radiocarbon Dating of Medieval Buildings in the Mountainous Part of Ingushetia (Northern Caucasus, Russia)

Bibliographic Data

ID9244628
AuthorsVladimir Matskovsky (0000-0002-3771-239X), Umalat Gadiev, Andrey Dolgikh (0000-0002-9316-9440), Alexander Cherkinsky (0000-0002-6412-7233), Polina Polumieva, Vsevolod Panov, Arseniy Kudikov, Nikita Lomakin (0009-0001-3916-7284), Ekaterina Dolgova (0000-0002-5104-3110)
Year2019
Volume61
Issue03
Pages777-797
Publication date2019-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRadiocarbon (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-8222 • E-ISSN: 1945-5755
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/rdc.2019.33
OpenAlexW2944987668
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

There are hundreds of preserved medieval buildings in the mountainous part of Ingushetia, including Christian churches, crypts, temples, sanctuaries, battle towers, and living buildings. The chronology of their construction period is still questioned, as there are no radiocarbon ( 14 C) dates published for these buildings and their dating is mainly based on architectural features, a few historical sources, and sometimes on accompanying archaeological material. The aim of this study is to assess more precisely the period of their construction. To do this, we selected the 10 most prominent medieval buildings that contain wooden construction elements and sampled these wooden elements in order to apply 14 C accelerator mass-spectrometry dating (AMS) followed by wiggle-matching. From two of these buildings, plaster and mortar were also sampled for 14 C AMS dating. This is the first time that these kinds of analyses have been performed for medieval buildings from the mountainous part of Ingushetia. For 6 out of 10 buildings, we acquired sufficiently precise dates that helped us to clarify their construction period. For the other 4 buildings, the acquired dates are still informative but could be refined further with additional 14 C analyses. The calibrated dates obtained cover the period from AD 662 until recent time with the majority of them concentrated in 15th–17th centuries

Accelerator mass spectrometry · Archaeology · Art · Battle · Chronology · Radiocarbon dating · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · History · Soil and Environmental Studies · Geology

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