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Archaeological and Anthropological Analysis of New Materials from the Mayak Burial Ground in the Samara Region

Vasilyev S.V., Borutskaya S.B. (Moscow, Russian Federation), Stashenkov D.A., Kochkina A.F. (Samara, Russian Federation), Kuzmin Ya.V. (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation), Bowden M. (Brussels, Belgium)

UDC 902/903 572.781

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24852/pa2021.3.37.22.31

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The article introduces new paleoanthropological materials from the Mayak burial ground near Sidelkino village in the Samara region into scientific discourse. The materials were obtained as a result of excavations in 1995 and only recently was it possible to date them. As a result of AMS analysis fulfilled by the authors, human remains from two burials were dated back to the Early Mesolithic. The analysis was carried out taking into account the influence of the “reservoir effect.Despite the rather poor preservation of individuals from the two described burials, the authors carried out an osteological analysis of an adult male from the second burial. He turned out to be quite tall, with elongated legs, shortened forearms, saber-shaped tibia and relatively massive bones of the lower limbs. In burial 3, the remains of an adult woman and a child of 7–10 years old were found. Comparing the osteological indicators of the man from the second burial with materials from the same burial ground of excavations in 2002, the authors came to the conclusion that the people whose remains were found on the hill Mayak in 1995 and in 2002 probably belong to the same population. Similar morphological characteristics are proof of this.

Keywords

archaeologyAMS analysisearly MesolithicVolga River regionosteologylifetime body lengthlimb proportionsbone massiveness

About the author(s)

Vasilyev Sergey V. Doctor of Historical Sciences. Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS. Leninsky Prospekt, 32a, Moscow, 119334, Russian Federation; vasbor1@yandex.ru

Borutskaya Svetlana B. Candidate of Biological Sciences. Lomonosov Moscow State University. GSP – 1, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation; vasbor1@yandex.ru

Stashenkov Dmitry A. Candidate of Historucal Sciences. Samara Region Alabin Museum of History and Local Lore. Leninskaya Str., 142, Samara, 443041, Russian Federation; archeo@list.ru

Kochkina Anna F. Head of Department. Samara Region Alabin Museum of History and Local Lore. Leninskaya Str., 142, Samara, 443041, Russian Federation; archeo@alabin.ru

Kuzmin Yaroslav V. Doctor of Geographical Sciences. Institute of Geology and Mineralogy V.S. Sobolev Siberian branch RAS. Academic Koptiug Prospect, 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation; kuzmin@fulbrightmail.org ORCID 0000-0002-4512-2269

Boudin Mathieu. Ph.D. Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage. Jubelpark 1, Parc du Cinquantenaire, B-1000, Brussels. Belgium; mathieu.boudin@kikirpa.be