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Archaeological Materials of Eneolithic Settlements in Forest-Steppe Zone of the Volga Region: A Source for Diet and Chronology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2018

A Korolev Open the ORCID record for A Korolev [Opens in a new window] ,
M Kulkova M Open the ORCID record for M Kulkova M [Opens in a new window] ,
V Platonov ,
N Roslyakova ,
A Shalapinin  and
Y E Yanish
A Korolev*
Affiliation:
Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education - History and Archaeology, Samara, Russia
M Kulkova M
Affiliation:
Herzen State University - Geology and Geoecology, St. Petersburg, Russia
V Platonov
Affiliation:
Samara National Research University, Department of Chemistry, Russia
N Roslyakova
Affiliation:
Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education - History and Archaeology, Samara, Russia
A Shalapinin
Affiliation:
Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education - History and Archaeology, Samara, Russia
Y E Yanish
Affiliation:
The Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
*
*Corresponding author. Email: arkorolev@gmail.com.
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Abstract

The study the diet of Eneolithic populations is of great interest to archaeologists. However, the studies undertaken in the steppe and forest-steppe zones of Volga region in Russia have left many issues unsolved. Data collected recently through the comprehensive studies of Lebyazhinka VI settlement enable us to change this situation. Of particular importance at this settlement site is good preservation of animal bones, bone fishing tools, and ceramics of the same type with food crusts and connected to a large house pit. For the first time in this geographical area, bones of domestic animals were found in the fill of a dwelling. The aim of this paper is to present the results obtained through comprehensive studies of diet and economy in the Eneolithic based on the materials from Lebyazhinka III and Lebyazhinka VI settlement sites. The main results of the archaeozoological analysis— determinations of species, age and size of the animals—provide the necessary data for studying the diet. We conclude that there are differences between Lebyazhinka III and Lebyazhinka VI settlements. Lebyazhinka III settlement included bones of only wild species, however, Lebyazhinka VI settlement consists of wild and domestic species.

Keywords

animal bonesarchaeozoologydatingdomesticationEneolithic settlementsradiocarbon dating
Type
Paleodiet Reconstructions and Chronologies
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 60 , Special Issue 5: 2nd Radiocarbon in the Environment Conference, Debrecen, Hungary, July 3–7, 2017 Part 2 of 2 and Radiocarbon & Diet 2 International Conference Aarhus, Denmark, June 20–23, 2017 , October 2018 , pp. 1587 - 1596
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Selected Papers from the 2nd International Radiocarbon and Diet Conference: Aquatic Food Resources and Reservoir Effects, 20–23 June 2017, Aarhus, Denmark

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