Pages: 135-153 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp252135153
The contents of seven vessels from burials of the Yamnaya cultural and historical community (2 vessels), the Dnieper-Prut Babino culture (4 vessels), and the Sabatinovka horizon (1 vessel) were studied. Two samples (from the bottom and upper parts) were analyzed for each vessel using the spore-pollen method. The presence of pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs (ascospores and mite remains) was considered. The contents of the vessels from the burials of the Yamnaya cultural and historical community were analyzed for the presence of fatty acid residues. The conducted studies allow us to say that a decoction of medicinal flowers was most likely left in the vessel from grave of the Sabatinovka horizon Glinoe/North 5/2. The vessel from pit 1 (Dnieper-Prut Babino culture) from the kurgan Butory/Doly 2 contained burnt dung, which may be ashes collected from a hearth or after a funeral feast. The contents of the other five vessels are similar: a large proportion of wild grass pollen (Poaceae), the presence of a higher concentration of Chaetomium ascospores and remains of, most likely, storage mites in the bottom part. It can be assumed that there was plant food in the vessels. The latter is confirmed by the results of lipid analysis, but also indicates the presence of animal fats, which indicates a possible multi-component nature of the vessel contents. Thus, the first results of studying the contents of vessels from the Bronze Age burials on the left bank of the Lower Dniester emphasize the prospects for further research.
Keywords: Left bank of the Lower Dniester, Bronze Age, burials, vessel contents, palynology, chromatography
Information about authors:
Anna Babenko (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117292, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-6805-5476
Mikhail Shashkov (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Chemistry. Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Lavrentiev Ave., 5, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation; Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Lavrentiev Ave., 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
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ORCID: 0000-0001-9022-1525
Sergey Razumov (Tiraspol, Moldova). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Pridnestrovian State University named after T. G. Shevchenko. Pokrovskaia St., 128, Tiraspol, MD-3300, Moldova
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-6030-9390
Dmitriy Patkevich (Tiraspol, Moldova). Pridnestrovian State University named after T. G. Shevchenko. Pokrovskaia St., 128, Tiraspol, MD-3300, Moldova
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0009-0007-6936-5533
Vitalij Sinika (Moscow, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117292, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-1621-9205