scholarly journals Materials of the Neolithic settlement of the Komarin 5 in the Verkhny Dnepr River basin (Gomel Podneprovie), on the basis of excavations 1998, 2005-2007, 2011

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-163
Author(s):  
Igor Nicolaevich Ezepenko ◽  
Oleg Vasilievich Voronenko
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Neolithic Period ◽  
Cultural Community ◽  
Late Middle Ages ◽  
Neolithic Age ◽  
Introductory Part ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
Absolute Dating ◽  
The Neolithic Age

In the article the authors summarize the archaeological studies of the Neolithic settlement Komarin 5 in vicinity of Rogachev, Gomel region. The settlement is situated in the northern periphery of the area of the Dnepro-Donetsk ethno-cultural community. In the introductory part of the article the authors present the main approaches in interpreting of the Neolithic monuments with comb-stroke ceramics in the upstream of the Dnepr. The excavations were carried out in the southern part of the man site during 4 field seasons. There is a brief description of the stratigraphy of the studied settlement, the most representative burial and utility objects of the excavation-2 in 2006, the main categories of flint tools, and the ceramic complex of the Neolithic period in the article. With the help of the ceramic complexes we can fix several stages of the development of the territory, from the Neolithic Age till the Late Middle Ages. The overwhelming part of the archaeological materials, especially ceramics, is considered in the context of the III stage of the development of the Dnepro-Donetsk culture and covers a chronological interval within the IV millennium BC. This is confirmed by the only absolute dating of 478090 BP (Кі-15033) with the soil from the pit filling in the utility building (object 2 of the excavation in 2006). The issues of relative and absolute dating of the monument Komarin-5, in particular the top chronological boundary of the Neolithic Dnepro-Donetsk culture, are considered.

scholarly journals The Archaeological Search for Tartessos-Tarshish-Atlantis and Other Human Settlements in the Donana National Park

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Kühne
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
National Park ◽  
Doñana National Park ◽  
Human Settlements ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
The Third ◽  
South West ◽  
Neolithic Age ◽  
The Neolithic Age ◽  
The Middle Ages

Adolf Schulten suggested that Tartessos-Tarshish was the model for Plato's Atlantis. I argued that its capital was situated in what is now the Marisma de Hinojos within the central part of the Andalucian Donana National Park in south-west Spain. This article reports about the preliminary results of an archaeological expedition to test this theory. The preliminary results of the expedition include evidence of either a tsunami or a storm flood during the third millenium BC and evidence of human settlements from the Neolithic Age to the Middle Ages.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE LEFT BANK OF THE URTEMKA RIVER MOUTH (THE KOZHEVNIKOVSKY DISTRICT OF THE TOMSK REGION)

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 151-158
Author(s):  
BORODOVSKIY A. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
River Mouth ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
General Tendency ◽  
Left Bank ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Late Middle Ages ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
Ceramic Vessels

The article is devoted to a review of the archaeological survey results of the left bank of the Urtamka River mouth (the Kozhevnikovsky District of the Tomsk Oblast). The purpose of the research was to localize the station of the Urtam ostrog, marked on the map of 1701 by S.U. Remezov, located on the left bank of the Urtamka River. The survey of this territory made it possible to detect an elevated area (Urtamskoe-II), fenced on three sides by a sub-square ditch 2 m wide and 0.4 m deep. The total dimension of the fence was 200 m, which formally correlates with the perimeter of the Urtam ostrog, indicated in a written source of the late 17th century (1687). However, the archaeological study of the ditch section and the inner fenced area of the newly identified fortified settlement Urtamskoe-II did not reveal the cross-section of the ditch and the foundations of the log wall that are characteristic for the Early New Time. Such results complicate their connection with the Urtam ostrog. In addition, the osteological materials and fragments of the rims of ceramic vessels from the Irmen culture (Late Bronze Age) were found in the cultural layer of the discovered settlement. It should be noted that for the territories occupied by several archaeologically investigated ostrogs (Tomsky, Umrevinsky, Sayansky, etc.), the facts of the discovery of the earlier archaeological materials are quite typical. However, the ditch fence of the sub-square outlines of the residential area of the fortified settlement Urtamskoe-II significantly distinguishes it from the nearest Irmen settlement of the Baturino-1. Fencing with a “П” shaped moat are more typical for the settlements of the late Middle Ages on the territory of neighboring Baraba (Tyumenka, Chinyaikha). In general, the archaeological research carried out reflected the general tendency which is the complexity of localizing the ostrog as an archaeological site. Keywords: archaeological exploration, Upper Ob Region, ancient settlements, settlements, ostrog

Shigaku Zasshi Summary of Japanese Scholarship for 1999: Warring States, Qin and Han

Early China ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 229-243
Author(s):  
Miyake Kiyoshi
Keyword(s):  
Political Development ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Pluralistic Society ◽  
Warring States ◽  
Historical Materials ◽  
Neolithic Age ◽  
Gradual Process ◽  
The World ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
The Neolithic Age

At last year's (1999) general meeting of the Nihon Shin Kan shi kenkyūkai (Japanese Qin-Han History Research Group), cosponsored by the International Congress of Chinese Historical Studies, entitled “The World of Chinese (Qin-Han period) History: a system of integration and pluralistic development,”1 TAKATSU Junya , TOMIYA Itaru and DU Zhengsheng presented lectures related to the theme of unification [192]. Mr. Du in particular was most conscientious of the “unification” theme, discussing the topic, “Ancient Chinese Pluralistic Society and the Surge towards Unification.”2 Under this title he makes the following six points: 1) tracing the gradual process of expansion within the areas that were included in the concept of “Zhongguo” according to the written historical materials; 2) examination and organization of the theories regarding how many cultural areas into which the Neolithic Age should be divided; 3) the signs of religion as seen in the archaeological materials in accordance with the phases of political development; 4) the distribution and interrelationships of walled settlements; 5) investigating the area of the Shang and Zhou courts’ influence through the style of bronze pieces and the distribution of burial goods; 6) inferences that can be made by comparing “rishu” (almanacs) and cultural trends from the standpoint of social strata.

scholarly journals Мончазинское городище ― многослойный памятник в Южном Предуралье

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-313
Author(s):  
Vladimir V. Ovsyannikov ◽  
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Evgeny V. Ruslanov
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Early Iron Age ◽  
Left Bank ◽  
Late Middle Ages ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
Metal Products ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Right

Introduction. Starting from the early Iron Age, the high root bank of the Belaya — downstream from its confluence with the Sim River and virtually to the Ufa Peninsula — was serving a natural barrier that separated the local tribes from nomadic populations who would sporadically penetrate into the left-bank flood pastures. It is along this barrier line that a group of sedentary settlements (hillforts of Okhlebinino I, II, Akberdino I-III, Shipovo, Monchazy) was discovered and identified as those of the Kara-Abyz culture. Supposedly, this advance warning system was still functioning in later periods too, i.e. the pre- and Golden Horde eras, and was somewhat related to antiquities of the Chiyalik archaeological culture. Goals. The work aims to introduce into scientific circulation archaeological materials from the Iron Age and the Late Middle Ages obtained as a result of repeated examinations and explorations at the site of Monchazy located 40 km southeast of Ufa in the lower reaches of the Sim River. The article provides data on the cultural layer of the monument, its defensive structures, introduces analogies to the found metal products, and reveals their cultural and historical aspects. Results. The results obtained indicate the site of the monument was used by both the Kara-Abyz population of the Southern Cis-Urals in the early Iron Age and the late medieval ‘Chiyalik’ residents. The paper also notes that this territory (the middle reaches of the Belaya between the mouths of the Bir and Sim rivers) was a transit area for carriers of Kara-Abyz ceramics with sand admixtures, while carriers of the Chialik culture quite often used fortified promontories of earlier eras (fortified settlements of Kara-Abyz, Bazhino, Ufa I, Ufa II). The publication also provides a broad historical cross-section of the eras (early Iron Age and Late Middle Ages) in relation to the territory on the right bank of the Belaya River. The work also provides data on the archaeological environment near the hillfort of Monchazy. The rather extensive archaeological materials make it possible to conclude as to the difference between ceramic traditions among the population of the Kara-Abyz archaeological culture. It is also noted that nomadic groups of Kipchaks that arrived in the territory of the settlement could have been included in the cultural environment by sedentary carriers of Chiyalik ceramics who professed Islam.

The Archaeological Remains of Settlement at Sites with Smelting Workshop Features in the Podravina Region (Croatian Drava River Basin)

2021 ◽  
pp. 146-193
Author(s):  
Tajana Sekelj Ivančan
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
High Middle Ages ◽  
Drava River ◽  
Absolute Dating ◽  
Small Finds ◽  
Archaeological Excavations ◽  
Metallurgical Activities

This work presents the results of targeted archaeological excavations of settlement structures investigated at sites in the vicinity of Hlebine and Virje in the Croatian Drava River basin (Podravina region). These were the positions of Dedanovice and Velike Hlebine, along with Volarski Breg and Sušine, where earlier investigations had confirmed metallurgical activities connected to the processing and production of iron. On the basis of the analysis of fragments of pottery vessels, which itself is based on the morphological and technological characteristics of the collected pottery material, a determination was made of the chronological classification for the settlement units from which the pottery came, through the application of relative chronological methodology. The relative chronological image derived from the pottery vessels, supplemented by other small finds of objects of everyday usage, has been confirmed by absolute dating from charcoal samples from the same settlement units. This comprehensive analysis of the immobile and mobile material has confirmed the settlement of the vicinity of Virje and Hlebine during the period of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, or rather the period when intensive metallurgical activity was noted at these sites. Life was also documented as having existed at these sites during the earlier prehistoric period, as well, continuing into later periods, also during the High Middle Ages and early Modern periods, which indicates that this area, because of its natural and geographical features was considered favourable for settlement over the course of many centuries. Keywords: Hlebine, Virje, settlement features, pottery fragments, Late Antiquity, Middle Ages

scholarly journals POTTERY TECHNOLOGY OF NEOLITHIC POPULATION PARKING LEBYAŽINKA I

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-23
Author(s):  
Irina Nikolaevna Vasilieva
Keyword(s):  
River Channel ◽  
Neolithic Period ◽  
Volga River ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Pottery Technology ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
Neolithic Age ◽  
Left Tributary ◽  
The Neolithic Age ◽  
Technological Analysis

The article presents the results of the technological analysis of neolithic ceramics of the lebyazhinka i sabstract. the article presents the results of the technological analysis of neolithic ceramics of the lebyazhinka i site. it is located in the samara region, on the left tributary of the Volga river - the sok river, 1.1 km to the east of the current river channel. the site is one of the latest neolithic monuments which have been known in the Volga region from the time of coexistence of the neolithic and eneolithic populations up to the present. according to the peculiarities of the ornamental traditions, the lebyazhinka i pottery was divided into 6 complexes, within which some ceramics groups were distinguished. the study of pottery technology was conducted in the context of the historical-cultural approach to the study of ancient pottery. it is based on binocular microscopy, trace analysis and on the experiment in the form of physical modeling. all in all, 432 samples (fragments of the upper and bottom parts of the neolithic period vessels) were studied. special study of neolithic ceramics aims to find out the specific character of cultural traditions in pottery of the population of our region at the final stage of the neolithic age, their continuity with earlier neolithic traditions, as well as changes that occurred in the period of coexistence with newly come chalcolithic groups of the population.

scholarly journals The Formation of Deluvial and Alluvial Cones as a Consequence of Human Settlement on a Loess Plateau: An Example from the Chroberz Area (Poland)

Radiocarbon ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 445-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Szwarczewski
Keyword(s):  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Loess Plateau ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Neolithic Age ◽  
Sediment Formation ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
Human Economic Activity

The area of Chroberz (southern Poland) poses questions of an interdisciplinary character comprising geomorphologic, sedimentation, and archaeological-historical problems. The main aim of this study was to identify the geomorphologic response to changes in the natural environment that took place in the area of the loess plateau (and its close vicinity) as a result of its settlement by man and of climate change. Periods of particularly intense human activity (land-use changes, deforestation, and agriculture) were recorded as changes in the type of sedimentation, i.e. organic sedimentation substituted for mineral one; it was extremely intensive during the Neolithic Age, Iron Age, and Early Middle Ages. The conducted fieldwork research, analysis of available archaeological materials, and radiocarbon dating results show that there is a direct connection between human economic activity in primeval and historic times and between soil erosion and accumulation of colluvial/alluvial fans in the surroundings of the locality of Chroberz. 14C dates documenting the age of colluvial sediment formation show that individual areas of the upland were settled by humans asynchronously. On the basis of a low facial variability, or, occasionally, even homogeneity, of individual colluvia (from soil erosion) and their considerable thickness, it can be concluded that the land was in constant use or that the intervals with no human activity were relatively short. The progressing human impact process is visible both in the form progradation recorded as the changes in 14C ages (e.g. from 1440 ± 100 to 780 ± 80 BP) and in textural (e.g. chemical) features of sediments of which the examined fans are composed.

scholarly journals Two forms of domestic goats in Europe and Asia from the Neolithic Age to the Middle Ages

1991 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 329-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicja Lasota-Moskalewska ◽  
Henryk Kobryń ◽  
Krzysztof Świeżyński
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Neolithic Age ◽  
The Neolithic Age ◽  
The Middle Ages
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