THE EARLY SCYTHIAN BURIAL MOUND TUNNUG-1: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE EXCAVATION OF THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY
The site Tunnug-1 is located in the Republic of Tuva, in the area of the Uyuk Valley, the so-called “Valley of the Kings”. The burial mound is located not on a high river terrace but in the flood plain (fig. 1), which seems to have led to permafrost conditions underneath the mound. These circumstanc...
| Published in: | Teoriya i praktika arkheologicheskikh issledovaniy |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Russian |
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Altai State University
2019
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| Online Access: | http://journal.asu.ru/tpai/article/view/%2825%29.-03 https://doi.org/10.14258/tpai(2019)1(25).-03 |
| Summary: | The site Tunnug-1 is located in the Republic of Tuva, in the area of the Uyuk Valley, the so-called “Valley of the Kings”. The burial mound is located not on a high river terrace but in the flood plain (fig. 1), which seems to have led to permafrost conditions underneath the mound. These circumstances might have led to an excellent preservation of archaeological material. Preliminarily, the burial mound can be associated with the Arzhan horizon of the early Scythian material culture. Tunnug-1 slightly predates Arzhan-1. In the 2018 campaign, the early date of the mound was confirmed. The excavation on the southern periphery of the site revealed a dense cluster of structures postdating the construction of the main burial mound. This article presents the data gathered on several structures (fig. 2) of the first centuries AD (fig. 3, 4) and the Middle Ages (fig. 5, 6.-1). The location of the funeral and ritual stone structures in the low flood plain is uncharacteristic for all archaeological cultures presented in the recorded materials. Through reconstructing the paleolandscape and the paleoclimatic situation for all activity periods on the site we are further clarifying these circumstances. The excavation of the joint Russian-Swiss expedition will be continued in 2019. Курган Туннуг-1 расположен в Республике Тыва, в так называемой «Долине царей», но не на высокой речной террасе, а в низкой пойме, что позволяет надеяться на хорошую сохранность археологического материала. По предварительным данным он относится к самому раннему, «аржанскому» горизонту раннескифской культуры и, по всей видимости, несколько древнее кургана Аржан-1. Первый год раскопок принес достаточно неожиданные результаты. Ранняя дата кургана была подтверждена и уточнена, но основные полевые работы проводились на периферии памятника, которая оказалась плотно застроенной объектами более позднего времени. В статье представлены отдельные объекты начала нашей эры и средневековья. Расположение погребальных и ритуальных объектов в низкой пойме всегда ... |
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