Legendary towns of Low Konda: continuation of archeological research
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History, ethnography, archeology
About author:
T. N. Sobolnikova Museum of Nature and Human, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation, [email protected]
V. Kuzina Museum of Nature and Human, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation, [email protected]
.ABSTRACT
Introduction: the article presents the results of archaeological and ethnographic expeditions of 2019, and previous historical and archival research aimed at searching for one of the medieval Ugric towns of Lower Konda.
Objective: to discovery and identifies the remnants of the town mentioned in the “Bylina About the Bogatyrs of the Emder Town” on the basis of comparison of different types of historical sources.
Research materials: works of scientists and travelers of the XVIII – early XX centuries on Lower Konda, folklore of the Konda Khanty people, cartographic, ethnographic, local history sources and field materials of the
authors, data on micro-toponymy.
Results and novelty of the research: During the archaeological expedition of 2019, the hypothesis about the location of the town of Vosh-Ega-Vosh was confirmed, information about which was contained in folklore and
written sources of the XVIII – early XX centuries. An archaeological site has been identified and produced new data on the medieval history of Lower Irtysh region. The scientific novelty is that: 1) the field archaeological survey on this territory was conducted for the first time; 2) a wide range of sources were involved in the process of archaeological search, including new archival materials on the micro-toponymy of Lower Konda.
Key words: Lower Irtysh region, medieval archaeology, Ugric towns, Konda Khanty, heroic epos.
Acknowledgements: field studies were carried out with the financial support of the RFFR and the Government of KhMAO – Yugra within the framework of scientific project No. 18-49-860008. The authors thank Ilya Viktrovich Abramov, ethnographer (Institute of History and Archaeology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg), who directly participated in field research; Yulia Valeryevna Islamova, Candidate of Philological Sciences (Yugra State University, Khanty-Mansiysk) for consultations on toponymy.
For citation: Sobolnikova T. N., Kuzina A.V. Legendary towns of Low Konda: continuation of archeological research // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2020; 10 (2): 369–379.
V. Kuzina Museum of Nature and Human, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation, [email protected]
.ABSTRACT
Introduction: the article presents the results of archaeological and ethnographic expeditions of 2019, and previous historical and archival research aimed at searching for one of the medieval Ugric towns of Lower Konda.
Objective: to discovery and identifies the remnants of the town mentioned in the “Bylina About the Bogatyrs of the Emder Town” on the basis of comparison of different types of historical sources.
Research materials: works of scientists and travelers of the XVIII – early XX centuries on Lower Konda, folklore of the Konda Khanty people, cartographic, ethnographic, local history sources and field materials of the
authors, data on micro-toponymy.
Results and novelty of the research: During the archaeological expedition of 2019, the hypothesis about the location of the town of Vosh-Ega-Vosh was confirmed, information about which was contained in folklore and
written sources of the XVIII – early XX centuries. An archaeological site has been identified and produced new data on the medieval history of Lower Irtysh region. The scientific novelty is that: 1) the field archaeological survey on this territory was conducted for the first time; 2) a wide range of sources were involved in the process of archaeological search, including new archival materials on the micro-toponymy of Lower Konda.
Key words: Lower Irtysh region, medieval archaeology, Ugric towns, Konda Khanty, heroic epos.
Acknowledgements: field studies were carried out with the financial support of the RFFR and the Government of KhMAO – Yugra within the framework of scientific project No. 18-49-860008. The authors thank Ilya Viktrovich Abramov, ethnographer (Institute of History and Archaeology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg), who directly participated in field research; Yulia Valeryevna Islamova, Candidate of Philological Sciences (Yugra State University, Khanty-Mansiysk) for consultations on toponymy.
For citation: Sobolnikova T. N., Kuzina A.V. Legendary towns of Low Konda: continuation of archeological research // Vestnik ugrovedenia = Bulletin of Ugric Studies. 2020; 10 (2): 369–379.
