Funeral sites of the beginning of the Late Bronze age in the estuarine Trans-Kama river area

Journal Title: Поволжская Археология - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 12

Abstract

The paper offers results of 2014 field research of the first stage of the late Bronze Age burial grounds in the Volga-Kama region – Novo-Mordovo II and Stary Kuybyshev VI. These burial grounds are located in the area of the abrasion escarpment of Kuybyshev dam lake, in the confluence of the Volga and the Kama rivers. The first burial ground was discovered by A.H. Khalikov in 1962, the second is a recent discovery. The authors believe that the funeral rite and the inventory of these sites are very similar. All inhumations were made in shallow sub-quadrangular pits, in a crouched position on the left side. The funeral rite and the inventory combine elements of the Pokrovskiy and the Potapovskiy cultural types, which makes the authors to suggest the origins of formation of the Zaymishche type sites here. Analogies revealed in the sites of the Pokrovskiy and Potapovskiy types date existence of Novo-Mordovo II and Stary Kuybyshev VI burial grounds to the period preceding the Srubnaya cultural-historical community, and overall can fit within 19th – 18th centuries BC.

Authors and Affiliations

Anton Lyganov, Andrey Chizhevskiy, Renat Valiev, Igor Yeromin

Keywords

Related Articles

Interdisciplinary Scientific Seminar with International Participation “Archaeobiological Studies in Bolgar and the Settlements of the Golden Horde: issues and prospects”

The paper contains information on the conduct of the interdisciplinary seminar “Archaeobiological Studies in Bolgar and in the Settlements of the Golden Horde: Issues and Prospects”. The seminar was held on April 10–14,...

Investigations of a Rampart of Balymer Sholom Hill-Fort in 2014

The article features the results of comprehensive archaeological and geomorphological study of the exposures of defensive structures of the Sholom hill-fort known as the Early Iron Age settlement (the Ananyino cultural a...

Issues of reconstruction the clothes based on results of archaeological textile research

Certain methodical issues of medieval clothes reconstruction based upon the study of textile fabrics from of the Golden Horde and Rus’ archaeological sites are analyzed in the article. The necessity of the research arise...

On the Main Results of Scientific Activity Institute of Archaeology Named After A.Kh. Khalikov of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences in 2018

The paper features the main results of the scientific activity of the Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov” of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences – an academic organization which continues the traditions o...

New Sample of Ancient Art from Kazakh Altay

In the paper, for the first time, the results of a laboratory study of a finding representing a fragment of a saddle coat are entered into a scientific circulation. Embroidery was being able to be reconstructed after 18...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP172910
  • DOI https://doi.org/10.24852/pa2015.2.12.83.103
  • Views 92
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Anton Lyganov, Andrey Chizhevskiy, Renat Valiev, Igor Yeromin (2015). Funeral sites of the beginning of the Late Bronze age in the estuarine Trans-Kama river area. Поволжская Археология, 2(12), 83-103. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-172910