TY - JOUR

T1 - Multidisciplinary Study of Burnt Deposits at Surungur, Fergana Valley, Southern Kyrgyzstan

AU - Dedov, I. E.

AU - Kulakova, E. P.

AU - Shashkov, M.

AU - Zhdanov, A. A.

AU - Parkhomchuk, E.

AU - Chargynov, T.

AU - Shnaider, S.

N1 - The team of authors would like to thank N.V. Vavilina and S. Alisher kyzy (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS) for their help in preparing illustrations, and R.N. Kurbanov (Lomonosov Moscow State University) for his help in field and laboratory works. Field works and chemical analyses were carried under Project No. 19-78-10053 of the Russian Science Foundation; physical analyses were supported by R&D Project No. 0329-2019-0008. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Institute of Archaeology and Enthnography of the Siberian Branch of The Russian Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - Burnt deposits are an important source of information on ancient lifestyles, providing the possibility of reconstructing the size, intensity of use, and functions of fi replaces at prehistoric settlements, and to assess fuel sources. We outline the results of a multidisciplinary study of fi replaces and their contexts at Surungur-a stratifi ed site in the Fergana Valley, in southern Kyrgyzstan. Sixteen samples from ash lenses and intermediate deposits were studied by rock-magnetism, gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and X-ray fl uorescence (XRF). The rock-magnetic analysis suggests that the origin of all samples from ash lenses was anthropogenic. Types of fuel were reconstructed. At the initial stage (Early Holocene), the encompassing deposits likely resulted from short-term occupation, and fuel consisted of wood and grass/ dung. In the Middle Holocene, occupation became more long-term, as evidenced by maximal heating temperatures and high concentration of fi replaces. During the Late Holocene, habitation intensity on the platform under the stone ledge remained the same, but heating was less intense. Wood and grass/dung were used as fuel at all stages, suggesting that wood was available in the region throughout the Holocene.

AB - Burnt deposits are an important source of information on ancient lifestyles, providing the possibility of reconstructing the size, intensity of use, and functions of fi replaces at prehistoric settlements, and to assess fuel sources. We outline the results of a multidisciplinary study of fi replaces and their contexts at Surungur-a stratifi ed site in the Fergana Valley, in southern Kyrgyzstan. Sixteen samples from ash lenses and intermediate deposits were studied by rock-magnetism, gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and X-ray fl uorescence (XRF). The rock-magnetic analysis suggests that the origin of all samples from ash lenses was anthropogenic. Types of fuel were reconstructed. At the initial stage (Early Holocene), the encompassing deposits likely resulted from short-term occupation, and fuel consisted of wood and grass/ dung. In the Middle Holocene, occupation became more long-term, as evidenced by maximal heating temperatures and high concentration of fi replaces. During the Late Holocene, habitation intensity on the platform under the stone ledge remained the same, but heating was less intense. Wood and grass/dung were used as fuel at all stages, suggesting that wood was available in the region throughout the Holocene.

KW - Fergana valley

KW - archaeological site

KW - fireplace

KW - X-ray fluorescence (XRF)

KW - gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS)

KW - rock-magnetism

KW - ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIRE FEATURES

KW - PALAEOHEARTHS

KW - HEARTHS

KW - X-ray fl uorescence (XRF)

KW - Rock-magnetism

KW - Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS)

KW - Archaeological site

KW - Fi replace

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U2 - 10.17746/1563-0110.2021.49.4.024-036

DO - 10.17746/1563-0110.2021.49.4.024-036

M3 - Article

VL - 49

SP - 24

EP - 36

JO - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

JF - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

SN - 1563-0110

IS - 4

ER -