Criteria for identifying, number and territory of Sintashta-Petrovka type fortified settlements
Four main criteria have been proposed that characterize fortified settlements of the Sintashta-Petrovka type: 1 – location near the banks of rivers and lakes of the Ural-Kazakhstan northern steppes, 2 – closed fortified areas of certain shapes (round and rectangular, plus their combinations) and siz...
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Margulan Institute of Archaeology
2024
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| Online Access: | https://www.archeokz.com/index.php/archeokz/article/view/399 https://doi.org/10.52967/akz2024.1.23.218.232 |
| Summary: | Four main criteria have been proposed that characterize fortified settlements of the Sintashta-Petrovka type: 1 – location near the banks of rivers and lakes of the Ural-Kazakhstan northern steppes, 2 – closed fortified areas of certain shapes (round and rectangular, plus their combinations) and sizes (0.5-3.5 hectares), 3 – dense buildings inside fortifications with rows of similar large dwellings, 4 – correspondence of such an architectural model to the materials of the sintashta and petrovka archaeological cultures. Various options for calculating the number of such settlements are considered. In accordance with the proposed criteria and the results of recent discoveries, research and publications, at the time of writing, 30 objects are known. This number can be increased due to the discovery on satellite images of 4 more structures similar to Sintashta-Petrovka type fortified settlements. The area of settlements, taking into account the applied counting system and the discovery of new «candidate» objects, can be designated by an extended and fairly wide strip (250x700 km) of the Ural-Kazakhstan steppes from the Ural Mountains to the Ishim region, thus connecting two previously separate clusters in the Southern Trans-Urals and Northern Kazakhstan. На основании обобщающего анализа известных и новых сведений, предложено четыре главных критерия, характеризующих укрепленные поселения синташтинско-петровского типа: 1 – расположение вблизи берегов рек и озер Урало-Казахстанских северных степей, 2 – замкнутые укрепленные площадки определенных форм (округлая и прямоугольная, плюс их сочетания) и размеров (0.5-3.5 га), 3 – плотная застройка внутри укреплений рядами однотипных больших жилищ, 4 – соответствие такой архитектурной модели материалам синташтинской и петровской археологических культур. Рассмотрены различные варианты подсчета количества таких поселений. В соответствии с предложенными критериями и результатами недавних открытий, исследований и публикаций, на момент написания статьи известно 30 объектов. Это ... |
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