SEVERAL RESULTS OF BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ETHNOECOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN TAJIKISTAN

  • N.A. Dubova N.N. Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian Academy of Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4340-1037 Email: dubova_n@mail.ru
  • T.G. Filimonova A. Donish Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7126-8325 Email: tatjanafilimonova@mail.ru
  • R.M. Sataev N.N. Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian Academy of Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9980-3345 Email: rob-sataev@mail.ru
  • L.V. Sataeva Bashkir State Agrarian University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5108-0889 Email: lvsataeva@mail.ru
  • V.V. Kufterin N.N. Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian Academy of Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7171-8998 Email: vladimirkufterin@mail.ru
  • A.N. Yamskov N.N. Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian Academy of Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9995-5883 Email: yamskov@iea.ras.ru
Keywords: Middle Asia, paleoecology, Medieval history, early nomads, funeral (burial) rituals, modern and Medieval subsistence system, human, animal and plant remains

Abstract

The article describes several topics of joint Russian-Tajik research conducted since 2013 in the Khatlon velayat of the Republic of Tajikistan within the framework of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the N. N. Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian Academy of Sciences and the A. Donish Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. Th e text includes several interconnected blocks: archaeological excavations, ethnoecological study of the subsistence systems of the modern and medieval populations, and collection and analysis of human remains. Th e article gives brief information about the archaeological excavations of the Shakhidon burial ground of the 7th–8th centuries (Baljuvan jamoat), anthropological characteristics of the population buried in it and information about the economy of the population of the dekh Shaidon, where the site is located, as well as materials on other regions of the Republic.

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Author Biographies

N.A. Dubova, N.N. Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Main Researcher, Head of the Center of Human Ecology, N. N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian Academy of Sciences

T.G. Filimonova, A. Donish Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Leading Researcher, Department of Archaeology, Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethography of National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan

R.M. Sataev, N.N. Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian Academy of Sciences

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher, Center of Human Ecology, N. N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian academy of sciences

L.V. Sataeva, Bashkir State Agrarian University

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor, Bashkir State Agrarian University

V.V. Kufterin, N.N. Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian Academy of Sciences

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher, Center of Human Ecology, N. N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian academy of sciences

A.N. Yamskov, N.N. Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian Academy of Sciences

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Leading Researcher, Center of Human Ecology, N. N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian Academy of Sciences

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Published
2022-09-28
How to Cite
Dubova N., Filimonova T., Sataev R., Sataeva L., Kufterin V., Yamskov A. SEVERAL RESULTS OF BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ETHNOECOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN TAJIKISTAN // THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 2022. Vol. 34, № 3. P. 149-164 DOI: 10.14258/tpai(2022)34(3).-09. URL: http://journal.asu.ru/tpai/article/view/11943.
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FOREIGN ARCHAEOLOGY