ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES OF THE ALTAI VARIANT OF THE KULAISKAYA CULTURE IN THE ITKUL LAKE AREA

  • A.A. Kazakov Barnaul Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Email: kaa-2862@mail.ru
  • O.M. Kazakova Altai State University Email: kazakova-olga@mail.ru
DOI_disc_logo https://doi.org/10.14258/tpai(2025)37(2).-02

Abstract

The article summarizes all the materials of the Altai variant of the Kulaiskaya culture  from the Itkul archaeological microdistrict for the first time. Out of 56 sites known in this area, 10 can be attributed to the Altai variant of the Kulaiskaya culture. Five more might also be related  but only according to their planographic features, which are quite stable for the sites of such cultural  and chronological attribution. Even though the sites are well-known, materials from some of them have not been published yet. For the first time, the article introduces scientific circulation materials from multilayer non-stratified sites, which were identified on the basis of typological analysis (Kostenkova Izbushka, Korovya Pristan-3, Dergach and Ozerki Vostochnye). The materials of the Malyi Itkul-1 / 3 settlement are republished on a larger scale, since their initial publication did not reflect the features of the complex. Based on the analysis of the materials, a conclusion has been drawn about the massive settlement of the shores of Bolshoi and Malyi Itkul Lakes and the Itkul River basin by representatives of the Altai variant of the Kulaiskaya culture at the Fominskii stage, in early 2nd century. The presence of early Sarovskii elements in the ceramic complex indicates that the population of the Altai variant of the Kulaiskaya culture was familiar with the region at an earlier, Sarovskii stage.

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Author Biographies

A.A. Kazakov, Barnaul Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Department of History and Philosophy of the Barnaul Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

O.M. Kazakova, Altai State University

Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages of the Institute of History and International Relations of the Altai State University

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Published
2025-07-18
How to Cite
Kazakov A., Kazakova O. ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES OF THE ALTAI VARIANT OF THE KULAISKAYA CULTURE IN THE ITKUL LAKE AREA // THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 2025. Vol. 37, № 2. P. 32-47 DOI: 10.14258/tpai(2025)37(2).-02. URL: https://journal.asu.ru/tpai/article/view/17664.
Issue
Vol 37 No 2 (2025)
Section
MATERIAL ANALYSIS IN ARCHAEOLOGY

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