Concealed Evidence of Early Human-Environment Interactions in Sedimentary Archives of Small Rivers in the Forest-Steppe Belt of Eurasia

The results of on-site archaeological investigations alone are not enough to reconstruct landscape histories, because they provide incomplete information on past environments. In contrast, off-site sedimentary archives can provide information on the interaction of natural and human processes.

Shifting cultivation as a factor of population mobility during the Migration period in the forest-steppe region of Eurasia

The population movement during the whole extent of Migration period was spread at mass level, forming one of the important factors of economic development of the forest-steppe and broadleaf forests in Eastern Europe. The issue is conditioned by the fact, that the migrating groups were introducing

Chemical and Structural Features of Cast Iron from Kazan Khanate

Preliminary Results of Developing the Database of Russian Archaeological Sites that Combines the Absolute and Relative Chronological Data

Over the last decades, various research projects conducted in Northern Eurasia have resulted in the emergence of a significant amount of data comprising over 20 000 absolute chronology dates of archaeological and natural sites.

A unique 10th century silver coin of the Banijurid dynasty (Bolgar settlement, Russia)

A study of silver-containing coins minted by this dynasty using scanning electron microscopy and emission spectral analysis allowed to discover a unique 10th century silver and bismuth dirham minted by a Samanid vassal from the Banijurid dynasty.

Comparative analysis of casting technologies used for the manufacturing of cast iron dishware in the towns of Volga Bolgaria in 13th-15th centuries (Tatarstan, Russia)

The availability of a ferrous metallurgy craft school in the territory of Volga Bolgaria in the period of 13th-15th centuries is confirmed by archaeological findings.

FOREST-STEPPE TRANSITIONS AND PEOPLING OF THE LANDSCAPES OF THE MID-VOLGA REGION IN THE 1ST MILLENNIUM AD

In the forest-steppe zone of European Russia, the first millennium AD was a time of major changes in the populations, agricultural technologies, social structure, and settlement patterns. A heart of the forest-steppe zone, the Mid-Volga region underwent a transition from a non-populated, mainly for

Interdisciplinary study of 14th-16th century glazed ?kumgans' ware from the Kazan Kremlin (Tatarstan, Russia)

Complex approach to data collecting for the visualization of the cultural heritage of the Sviyazhsk island castle

Virtual model of the historical development of Sviyazhsk created - GIS, photogrammetry for the construction of 3D models of architectural ruins and surviving parts of medieval wooden structures, laser scanning of historical buildings.

Study of archaeological sites destruction caused by Kuibyshev reservoir creation