Scythian and Kyrgyz burials in Tuva and Upper Yenisey region: from remote sensing to archaeological excavations
Archaeological excavations in Tuva Republic and Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia Federation, take a place along the planned railway line Kyzyl-Kuragino. Wide archaeological works are done due to the high number of burial sites situated on the planned route of railway and therefore will be destroyed during...
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ftlinnaeusuniojs:oai:ojs.journals.lnu.se:article/1529 2023-11-12T04:27:11+01:00 Scythian and Kyrgyz burials in Tuva and Upper Yenisey region: from remote sensing to archaeological excavations Burlakovs, Juris Rudovica, Vita Pole, Dita Vincevica-Gaile, Zane Krievans, Maris 2018-11-14 application/pdf https://open.lnu.se/index.php/eco-tech/article/view/1529 eng eng Linnaeus University https://open.lnu.se/index.php/eco-tech/article/view/1529/1440 https://open.lnu.se/index.php/eco-tech/article/view/1529 Copyright (c) 2018 Juris Burlakovs, Vita Rudovica, Dita Pole, Zane Vincevica-Gaile, Maris Krievans https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Linnaeus Eco-Tech; 2018: Book of abstracts : Linnaeus ECO-TECH '18; 217 2002-8008 Scyths Yenisei Kyrgyzs Tuva photogrammetry kurgans info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2018 ftlinnaeusuniojs 2023-10-18T10:32:36Z Archaeological excavations in Tuva Republic and Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia Federation, take a place along the planned railway line Kyzyl-Kuragino. Wide archaeological works are done due to the high number of burial sites situated on the planned route of railway and therefore will be destroyed during the construction works in, so called, Tuvian Valley of the Kings and Upper Yenisey region. The burials of Scyths, who wandered around the Eurasian steppe, from the northern borders of China and Mongolia to the west, the Black Sea region, are remaining from the 7th to 3rdcenturies B.C.; some of the burials belong to Yenisey Kyrgyz culture and they are thought to be of younger age. The structure of burial site, named ‘kurgan’, firstly is shaped by using satellite and remote sensing pictures as visual distinctions of burials in the area can be observed more clearly from above. Further, potential expedition routes in taiga and steppe environments are planned and archaeologists do the preliminary inspection of the burial mounds to be excavated and researched in details. Under the supervision of scientists, brigades of volunteers are formed and clean-up of each individual burial mound starts by removing vegetation and land body mass which covers the structures. Stones are cleaned from dust and greenery; picket-marks are installed and detailed photographic sessions from several meters above kurgans provide the set of pictures for subsequent processing and research. Every stone is measured using geodetic instrumentation. Next comes removal of kurgan stones, except the main concentric circle structures of larger stones, digging is performed until the natural soil layer is reached. The two thin land-strips oriented athwart and crossing all the concentric structure are maintained from the original mound structure. Fresh cuts on both sides of these land-strips are made until the surface of the natural soil layer. Geodetic and photogrammetric measurements after data processing and application of special software allow to create ... Article in Journal/Newspaper taiga LnuOpen (Linnaeus University) Tuva ENVELOPE(12.506,12.506,65.215,65.215) Yenisey ENVELOPE(82.680,82.680,71.828,71.828) |
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Archaeological excavations in Tuva Republic and Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia Federation, take a place along the planned railway line Kyzyl-Kuragino. Wide archaeological works are done due to the high number of burial sites situated on the planned route of railway and therefore will be destroyed during the construction works in, so called, Tuvian Valley of the Kings and Upper Yenisey region. The burials of Scyths, who wandered around the Eurasian steppe, from the northern borders of China and Mongolia to the west, the Black Sea region, are remaining from the 7th to 3rdcenturies B.C.; some of the burials belong to Yenisey Kyrgyz culture and they are thought to be of younger age. The structure of burial site, named ‘kurgan’, firstly is shaped by using satellite and remote sensing pictures as visual distinctions of burials in the area can be observed more clearly from above. Further, potential expedition routes in taiga and steppe environments are planned and archaeologists do the preliminary inspection of the burial mounds to be excavated and researched in details. Under the supervision of scientists, brigades of volunteers are formed and clean-up of each individual burial mound starts by removing vegetation and land body mass which covers the structures. Stones are cleaned from dust and greenery; picket-marks are installed and detailed photographic sessions from several meters above kurgans provide the set of pictures for subsequent processing and research. Every stone is measured using geodetic instrumentation. Next comes removal of kurgan stones, except the main concentric circle structures of larger stones, digging is performed until the natural soil layer is reached. The two thin land-strips oriented athwart and crossing all the concentric structure are maintained from the original mound structure. Fresh cuts on both sides of these land-strips are made until the surface of the natural soil layer. Geodetic and photogrammetric measurements after data processing and application of special software allow to create ... |
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Burlakovs, Juris Rudovica, Vita Pole, Dita Vincevica-Gaile, Zane Krievans, Maris |
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Burlakovs, Juris Rudovica, Vita Pole, Dita Vincevica-Gaile, Zane Krievans, Maris |
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Scythian and Kyrgyz burials in Tuva and Upper Yenisey region: from remote sensing to archaeological excavations |
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Scythian and Kyrgyz burials in Tuva and Upper Yenisey region: from remote sensing to archaeological excavations |
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Scythian and Kyrgyz burials in Tuva and Upper Yenisey region: from remote sensing to archaeological excavations |
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Scythian and Kyrgyz burials in Tuva and Upper Yenisey region: from remote sensing to archaeological excavations |
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Scythian and Kyrgyz burials in Tuva and Upper Yenisey region: from remote sensing to archaeological excavations |
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scythian and kyrgyz burials in tuva and upper yenisey region: from remote sensing to archaeological excavations |
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Linnaeus Eco-Tech; 2018: Book of abstracts : Linnaeus ECO-TECH '18; 217 2002-8008 |
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https://open.lnu.se/index.php/eco-tech/article/view/1529/1440 https://open.lnu.se/index.php/eco-tech/article/view/1529 |
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Copyright (c) 2018 Juris Burlakovs, Vita Rudovica, Dita Pole, Zane Vincevica-Gaile, Maris Krievans https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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