Gender and age structure of the burial ground Ustyug-1 and the peculiarities of burial practice
English
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History, ethnography, archeology
About author:
Natalya P. Matveeva Doctor of historical sciences, head of the archeology and ethnography department of Institute of Humanitarian researches TyumSU Tyumen State University Tyumen, Russia [email protected]
Olga E. Poshekhonova Scientifi c researcher of anthropology and ethnology laboratory Institute of problems of North development, Siberian branch of Russian Academy of Sciences Tyumen, Russia [email protected]
Abstract. The article deals with the results of the long-term researches of unique necropolis Ustyug-1 of the epoch of the Great people’s Migration. The materials of the burial ground refl ects the formation of Bakal culture with the involvement of dissimilar components, that appears in a variety of details of the burial rite and ceramic sets, including in terms of its forms, patterns, mix proportions and design techniques, allowing to see Karym, Pseudokushnaren and some Central Asian-Kazakh traditions. Anthropologically the bone remains of 30 individuals were examined. According to available data a particular system in the location of the central and peripheral graves in compliance with gender or age was not found. It may be noted that separate burial mounds were constructed for people of any age and gender, perhaps, in the circumstances of death. Apparently, the size of the mound and grave, number of vessels with food and personal objects, placed with the dead depended on the status of a person.
Keywords: Western Siberia, Holocene, epoch of Great people’s Migration, burial ground, Bakal archeological culture, gender and age structure, burial practice, migrants.
Olga E. Poshekhonova Scientifi c researcher of anthropology and ethnology laboratory Institute of problems of North development, Siberian branch of Russian Academy of Sciences Tyumen, Russia [email protected]
Abstract. The article deals with the results of the long-term researches of unique necropolis Ustyug-1 of the epoch of the Great people’s Migration. The materials of the burial ground refl ects the formation of Bakal culture with the involvement of dissimilar components, that appears in a variety of details of the burial rite and ceramic sets, including in terms of its forms, patterns, mix proportions and design techniques, allowing to see Karym, Pseudokushnaren and some Central Asian-Kazakh traditions. Anthropologically the bone remains of 30 individuals were examined. According to available data a particular system in the location of the central and peripheral graves in compliance with gender or age was not found. It may be noted that separate burial mounds were constructed for people of any age and gender, perhaps, in the circumstances of death. Apparently, the size of the mound and grave, number of vessels with food and personal objects, placed with the dead depended on the status of a person.
Keywords: Western Siberia, Holocene, epoch of Great people’s Migration, burial ground, Bakal archeological culture, gender and age structure, burial practice, migrants.
