Open AccessBARROWS OF EURASIA — THE NEW LOOK TO THE SITES AND NEW TASKS OF THEIR RESEARCH
Author(s) -
Anatoli Nagler
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
arheologìâ ì davnâ ìstorìâ ukraïni
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-6143
pISSN - 2227-4952
DOI - 10.37445/adiu.2018.02.33
Subject(s) - excavation , archaeology , correctness , geology , mining engineering , civil engineering , engineering , forensic engineering , history , geography , computer science , programming language
The new method of the excavation and fixation of barrow mounds approved at the excavation of large barrows in Kazakhstan, Stavropol, and Tuva is described in the paper. As a result of research on this method the author obtained the undeniable evidence that the mound of a barrow was built in several steps from various soils using the clay mortar and turf «bricks». The author questions the accuracy and reliability of fixing the structure of the barrow mounds excavated by traditional methods and doubts the correctness of the term «the mound» since it was not filled but was built as an architectural structure.