Open AccessThe results of the study of the Algay site (2019) in the lower Volga Region
Author(s) -
A Vybornov,
Irina Vasilyeva,
Aleksey Valerievich Baratskov,
Filat Faritovich Gilyazov,
П. А. Косинцев,
Marianna Alekseevna Kulkova,
Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Kurbatova,
Natalia Roslyakova,
Aleksandr Ivanovich Yudin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
samarskij naučnyj vestnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2782-3016
pISSN - 2309-4370
DOI - 10.17816/snv202091201
Subject(s) - chalcolithic , prehistory , archaeology , radiocarbon dating , pottery , geography , period (music) , steppe , bronze age , beaker , volga region , ancient history , history , physics , acoustics
The processes of Neolithization and Eneolithization are two of the most important in the study of the human prehistory. The territory of the Lower Volga is of particular importance. In the Neolithic period, one of the oldest ceramic traditions in Eastern Europe appears. In the Eneolithic, cultures with signs of a productive economy are recorded rather early here. A further study of these issues depends on a quality source base. Monuments of the Neolithic and Eneolithic in the Volga steppe are rare. Therefore, the study of the new site Algay is very relevant. Its importance increases due to the discovery of stratigraphic data in 2019: the Eneolithic and Neolithic layers are separated by relatively sterile layers. This allows us to establish reliable periodization. Features of the lower cultural layer allowed us to trace the process of its formation. The work was interdisciplinary. The results of the technical and technological analysis of ceramics revealed the characteristic features of the Neolithic and Eneolithic. Archaeozoological definitions established the species composition of animals in the Neolithic and Eneolithic. New radiocarbon dates provide a basis for determining the exact chronological framework of the Orlovskaya and Caspian cultures in this region. Among archaeological materials, rare artifacts have been discovered that testify to social stratification already in the Neolithic period.