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An Early Neolithic Sanctuary in the Eastern Irtysh Basin. / Molodin, V. I.; Mylnikova, L. N.; Nesterova, M. S. et al.
In: Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, Vol. 50, No. 2, 2022, p. 13-27.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - An Early Neolithic Sanctuary in the Eastern Irtysh Basin
AU - Molodin, V. I.
AU - Mylnikova, L. N.
AU - Nesterova, M. S.
AU - Kobeleva, L. S.
AU - Selin, D. V.
N1 - Funding Information: The study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Project No. 20-18-00111). The work was carried out with the equal participation of the authors. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Institute of Archaeology and Enthnography of the Siberian Branch of The Russian Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - We describe the findings of excavations at an unusual sanctuary in the Baraba forest-steppe. It is a structure consisting of a ditch encircling the presumed sacral space, and a system of pits containing non-utilitarian artifacts. Pits in the bottom of the ditch indicate wooden structures, which are not preserved. Descriptions of the features are provided. Artifacts are related to household, manufacturing, and ritual. On the basis of stratigraphy and radiocarbon analysis, relative and absolute chronology is assessed. The site dates to the 7th–6th millennia BC and is associated with the Barabinskaya culture. Parallels with Mesolithic and Neolithic sanctuaries and ritual sites in the Eurasian taiga zone are listed.
AB - We describe the findings of excavations at an unusual sanctuary in the Baraba forest-steppe. It is a structure consisting of a ditch encircling the presumed sacral space, and a system of pits containing non-utilitarian artifacts. Pits in the bottom of the ditch indicate wooden structures, which are not preserved. Descriptions of the features are provided. Artifacts are related to household, manufacturing, and ritual. On the basis of stratigraphy and radiocarbon analysis, relative and absolute chronology is assessed. The site dates to the 7th–6th millennia BC and is associated with the Barabinskaya culture. Parallels with Mesolithic and Neolithic sanctuaries and ritual sites in the Eurasian taiga zone are listed.
KW - Barabinskaya culture
KW - Early Neolithic
KW - Irtysh
KW - primitive art
KW - ritual sites
KW - Western Siberia
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U2 - 10.17746/1563-0110.2022.50.2.013-027
DO - 10.17746/1563-0110.2022.50.2.013-027
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85134464056
VL - 50
SP - 13
EP - 27
JO - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia
JF - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia
SN - 1563-0110
IS - 2
ER -
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