Pages: 91-104 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp25491104
The analytic study was performed on the materials of the Jetyasar culture from the excavations of the Altyn-Asar-4i burial ground (excavations of the Khwarazm expedition of the Institute of Ethnography of the USSR Academy of Sciences led by L. M. Levina; collections of the State Oriental Museum). It included a study of the chemical composition of artefacts from the burials made of non-ferrous metals, as well as a contextual study of anthropological remains. As a result, the nomenclature of metals and alloys used for production was established, the dominance of bronze items at the early stage was recorded, and after the 4th century, alloys with zinc were used. Despite the small volume of the studied sample, a preliminary conclusion can be made about the predominant use of non-ferrous scrap metal. Materials from burial mound no. 201 stand apart. Here, pure copper and alloys with zinc were used to make parts of a headdress and personal adornment (pendant), apparently not having undergone several processing cycles. In this burial, the component composition of the metal elements of the headdress was determined for the first time from the preserved traces on the cranial vault. All individuals demonstrate Mongoloid features; the man and woman from the burials with linings (no. 203 and 201) showed the consequences of pre-mortem injuries caused by combat weapons.
Keywords: Early Middle Ages, Eastern Aral region, X-ray fluorescent analysis, microtomography
Information about authors:
Maria Mednicova (Moscow, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences, 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: 0000-0002-1918-2161
Sergei Bolelov (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. State Oriental Museum. Nikitsky Bd., 12a, Moscow, 119019, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0003-1423-293X
Zamira Galieva (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. State Oriental Museum. Nikitsky Bd., 12a, Moscow, 119019, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
Irina Saprykina (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate 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: 0000-0003-0059-0170