Pages: 185-198

The study of the archaeological sites of Mongol time in the south of Western Siberia has its long history. By now, almost all previously received materials have been offered for scientific discussion. However, they are not yet widely in demand by specialists researching the period of the developed Middle Ages in Russia and abroad. This situation can be explained, to a certain extent, by the fact that the region in question was far from the places of the most important historical events described in written sources. At the same time, archaeological sites studied in the Upper Ob area and Altai reflect many processes of military, political and cultural interaction of different population groups in the 13th—14th centuries and form the information field for understanding the ethnogenesis of modern Siberian peoples. The article describes the experience of studies and interpretation of all archaeological data obtained in the south of Western Siberia and related to a difficult period in the medieval history of Asia, known as the Mongol time. Particularly, it concerns the reconstruction of the ethno-cultural situation, which is demonstrated in this article for the first time.

Keywords: south of Western Siberia, Altai, Mongol time, archaeological sites, ethnocultural reconstruction, Basandaiskaya culture, Karmatskaya culture

Information about author:

Alexey Tishkin. Doctor of Historical Sciences. Altai State University. 1 Lenin Ave., 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russian Federation.
E-mail: [email protected]