FISHING OBJECTS IN THE MATERIALS FROM THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES ON THE SERGUSHKIN ISLAND (ZONE OF THE BOGUCHANOVSKAYA HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER STATION FLOODING)
Abstract
The article deals with the objects directly or indirectly related to ancient fishing found in 2009–2012 in the archaeological layers on the archaeological sites of the Sergushkin island located in the northern stream of the Angara river (the zone of the Boguchanskaya hydro-electric power station flooding). For this territory, fishing played a significant role in the vital strategies of human groups during the whole Holocene Age. However, fishing related objects in the materials from the Sergushkin settlements are few. They are bone harpoon points (three items) and fishing forks (8 items), bone jig fish (2 items) and stone two-headed (Janus like) fish (4 items), fishing hooks made of stone and bronze (3 items), iron “spinner” (1 item) and a massive stone fishing weight. These listed objects belong to different historical periods (Neolithic, Bronze Age, Middle Age), have a large number of analogies in archaeological materials of the Angara River region and border territories, and indicate the individual way of fishing in the local population.
Downloads
References
Amzarakov P. B. Preliminary Results of Archaeological Excavations of the Ust-Kata-1 and Ust-Kata-2 Sites in the Boguchanskaya HPP Flood Zone. Nauchnoe obozrenie Sayano-Altaya = Scientific Review of Sayano-Altai. 2013;1:200–205. (In Russ.)
Bazalijskij V. I. Burial Complexes of the Late Mesolithic — Neolithic Epoch of Baikal Siberia: Burial Traditions, Absolute Age. Izvestiya laboratorii drevnih tehnologij = Reports of the Laboratory of Ancient Technologies. 2012;1:43–101. (In Russ.)
Bobrov V. V. Achievements of Hunters and Fishermen of the Final Period of the Stone Age of the Asian Part of Russia. In: X International Siberian Historical Forum “Siberia and Russia: History and Culture”. Moscow: Pero, 2023. Pp. 33–40. (In Russ.)
Vadetskaya E. B., Leont'ev N. V., Maksimenkov G. A. The Sites of the Okunevo Culture. Leningrad: Nauka, 1980. 150 p. (In Russ.)
Veber A. V., Bronk R. K., Shulting R. D., Bazaliiskii V. I., Goryunova O. I. Neolithic and Early Bronze Age of the Baikal Region: Chronology and Food Trends. Izvestiуa Irkutskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriуa: Geoarheologiуa. Ekologiуa. Antropologiуa = Reports of the Irkutsk State University. Series: Geoarchaeology. Ecology. Anthropology. 2023;43:7–59. (In Russ.)
Vrtanesyan G. S. Calendar Symbols of the Glazkovo Culture of Siberia. Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Istoriya = Proceeding of Tomsk State University. History. 2013.3 (23):112–115. (In Russ.)
Georgievskaya G. M. The Kitoi Culture of the Baikal Region. Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1989. 152 p. (In Russ.)
German P. V., Leont'ev S. N. Neolithic Sanctuary on Sergushkin Island in the Northern Angara Region (research results in 2010). In: The Phenomenon of the Geoarchaeological Multilayeredness of Baikal Siberia. 100 years of Baikal Scientific Archaeology. Irkutsk: Izd-vo Irkut. gos. un-ta, 2012. Pp. 78–85. (In Russ.)
German P. V., Leont'ev S. N., Ivashchenko S. N., Kalinskaya A. V., Egorchenko S. E., Val'kov I. A., Kovzunova P. V., Gorlyshkin N. E., Timoshchenko A. A. Cultural and Chronological Complexes of the Sagayskaya Protoka-4 Kurgan Burial Ground (the Askiz District of the Republic of Khakassia). In: Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, and Anthropology of Siberia and Adjacent Territories. Vol. XXVII. Novosibirsk: Izd-vo In-ta arheologii i etnografii SO RAN, 2021. Pp. 936–944. (In Russ.)
German P. V., Leont'ev S. N., Savel'eva A. S. The Bronze Foundry Site of the Early Iron Age at the Vzvoz Site in the Northern Angara Region. In: Antiquities of Yenisei Siberia. Iss. VII. Krasnoyarsk: Izd-vo Sib. federal. un-ta, 2015. Pp. 68–86. (In Russ.)
Goryunova O. I. Ancient Burial Grounds of the Baikal Region (Neolithic — Bronze Age). Irkutsk: Izd-vo Irkut. gos. un-ta, 2002. 84 p. (In Russ.)
Gurulev D. A., Maksimovich L. A. Ceramics of the Bronze Age of the Northern Angara Region. In: Ancient Cultures of Mongolia, Baikal Siberia and Northern China. Krasnoyarsk: Izd-vo Sib. federal. un-ta, 2016. Vol. 1. Pp. 185–194. (In Russ.)
Derevyanko A. P., Tsybankov A. A., Postnov A. V., Slavinskii V. S., Vybornov A. V., Zol'nikov I. D., Deev E. V., Prisekailo A. A., Markovskii G. I., Dudko A. A. Boguchansk Archaeological Expedition: an Outline of Field Research (2007–2012). In: Proceedings of the Boguchansk Archaeological Expedition. Vol. 1. Novosibirsk: Izd-vo In-ta arheologii i etnografii SO RAN, 2015. 564 p. (In Russ.)
Dudarek S. P., Lokhov D. N., Leibova N. A. A New Object of the Archaeological Heritage Romashka in the Northern Angara Region. Izvestiya Irkutskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriya: Geoarheologiya. Etnologiya. Antropologiya = Reports of the Irkutsk State University. Series: Geoarchaeology. Ethnology. Anthropology. 2015;14:49–66. (In Russ.)
Zaika A. L. The Mammoth Image in the Art of Ancient and Traditional Cultures of North Asia. Vestnik Omskogo universiteta. Seriya: Istoricheskie nauki = Proceeding of Omsk University. The Series: Historical Sciences. 2014; 2:95–103. (In Russ.)
Krutikova K. A., Berdnikov I. M., Berdnikova N. E. Features of Early Neolithic Burial Grounds at the Mouths of the Belaya and Kitoy Rivers (the Southern Angara Region). In: Works of VI (XII) All-Russian Archaeological Congress in Samara: in 3 vols. Samara: SGSPU, 2020. Vol. III. Pp. 166–167. (In Russ.)
Kyzlasov L. R. The Most Ancient Khakassia. Moskow: MGU, 1986. 294 p. (In Russ.)
Leont'ev S. N., German P. V. Ust-Bels Ceramic Tradition in the Materials of the Sergushkin Island (the Northern Angara Region). In: Antiquities of Yenisei Siberia. Iss. IX. Krasnoyarsk: Izd-vo Sib. federal. un-ta, 2018. Pp. 71–79. (In Russ.)
Leont'ev S. N., German P. V. Ceramics of the Bronze Age Sites of the Sergushkin Island (Northern Angara region). In: Antiquities of Yenisei Siberia. Iss. X. Krasnoyarsk: Izd-vo Sib. federal. un-ta, 2019. Pp. 108–122. (In Russ.)
Leont'ev S. N., German P. V. Stone Figures of Two-Headed Fish from the Sergushkin Island (Northern Angara region). In: Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, and Anthropology of Siberia and Adjacent Territories. Vol. XXVII. Novosibirsk: Izd-vo In-ta arheologii i etnografii SO RAN, 2021. Pp. 503–510. (In Russ.)
Lokhov D. N. The Multilayered Location of Abakshino in the Upper Reaches of the Ilim. Vestnik NGU. Seriya: Istoriya, filologiya = Proceeding of NGU. Series: History, Philology. 2009;8 (5):109–115. (In Russ.)
Lysenko D. N., Matveev V. E., Vazhenko A. V. Preliminary Results of Field Studies of the Tolstoy Mys Site (the Northern Angara Region) in 2011. In: Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, and Anthropology of Siberia and Adjacent Territories. Vol. 17. Novosibirsk: Izd-vo In-ta arheologii i etnografii SO RAN, 2011. Pp. 424–426. (In Russ.)
Mamontov A. M., Lokhov D. N. Dynamics of Fish Species Composition in Holocene Complexes of the Ust-Edorma II Geoarchaeological Location (in the Boguchanskaya HPP flooding zone). Evrazija v kajnozoe. Stratigrafiуa, paleoekologiуa, kul'tury = Eurasia in the Cenozoic. Stratigraphy, paleoecology, cultures. 2013;2:126–133. (In Russ.)
Mamontov A. M., Novosel'tseva V. M., Sokolova N. B. Species Composition of Fish from Holocene Complexes of the Ust-Keul 1 Geoarchaeological Location (in the Boguchanskaya HPP flooding zone). Evrazija v kajnozoe. Stratigrafija, paleojekologija, kul'tury = Eurasia in the Cenozoic. Stratigraphy, paleoecology, cultures. 2013;2:134–139. (In Russ.)
Mamontov A. M., Rogovskii E. O. Fish Composition in Catches on the Angara River in the Early Holocene Based on the Larch Island location (Boguchanskaya HPP flooding zone). Vestnik Irkutskoj gosudarstvennoj agrarnoj akademii = Bulletin of Irkutsk State Agrarian academies. 2013;57(2):23–29. (In Russ.)
Novikov A. G., Goryunova O. I. Ancient Fishing on Lake Baikal (Based on the Materials of Multi-Layered Settlements of the Mesolithic — Bronze Age period). Izvestiya laboratorii drevnih tehnologij = Reports of the Laboratory of Ancient Technologies. 2005;1:125–134. (In Russ.)
Okladnikov A. P. Stone Fishes (For the Study of Neolithic Art Monuments of Eastern Siberia). Sovetskaya apheologiya = Soviet Archaeology. 1936;1:215–245. (In Russ.)
Okladnikov A. P. Neolithic and Bronze Age of the Baikal Region. Neolithic and Bronze Age of the Baikal Region (Part 1, 2). Historical and Archaeological Research. Moscow; Leningrad: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1950. 412 p. (Materials and Studies on Archaeology of the USSR. No. 18) (In Russ.)
Okladnikov A. P. Neolithic and Bronze Age of the Baikal Region (Part 3 — Glazkovo Time). Moscow; Leningrad: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1955. 376 p. (Materials and Studies on Archaeology of the USSR. No. 43) (In Russ.)
Panyukhin M. V. Archaeological Research in the Middle Angara Region in 2016–2020. In: Museums in the Cultural Space of Young Industrial Cities. Bratsk: Izd-vo Bratskogo gorodskogo ob'edinennogo muzeya istorii osvoeniya Angary, 2021. Pp. 63–69. (In Russ.)
Polyakov A. V. Chronology and Cultural Genesis of Paleometallic Monuments of the Minusinsk Basins. St. Petersburg: IIMK RAN, 2022. 364 p. (In Russ.)
Privalikhin V. I. Early Iron Age of the Northern Angara Region (Tsepan culture): Dis…. Cand. Hist. Sciences. Kemerovo, 1994. 521 p. (In Russ.)
Privalikhin V. I. The Art of the Taiga Tribes of the Northern Angara Region in the Neolithic. In: Review of the Results of Field and Laboratory Research by archaeologists, Ethnographers and Anthropologists of Siberia and the Far East in 1993. Novosibirsk: Izd-vo In-ta arheologii i etnografii SO RAN, 1995. Pp. 146–149. (In Russ.)
Privalikhin V. I. Burials of the Bronze Age Sergushkin-3 Site and Burial Ground on the Lower Angara (the Boguchanskaya Hydroelectric Power Station Flooding Zone). In: Yenisei Province. Iss. 4. Krasnoyarsk: Izd-vo Krasnoyarskogo kraevogo kraevedcheskogo muzeya. 2009. Pp. 300–310. (In Russ.)
Privalikhin V. I. A Treasure Trove of Stone Artifacts from the Neolithic Era of the Sergushkin-1 Site and Burial Ground, Point “A” (Based on Research Materials from the Archaeological and Ethnographic Expedition of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum of Local Lore in the Boguchanskaya Hydroelectric Power Station Flooding Zone on the Lower Angara). In: The Second Century of Asceticism. Krasnoyarsk: Izd-vo Krasnoyarskogo kraevogo kraevedcheskogo muzeya, 2011. Pp. 150–160. (In Russ.)
Privalikhin V. I. Investigation of the Burials of the Sergushkin-1 Site and Burial Ground, Point “A” in the Northern Angara Region. In: Archaeological Research of the Antiquities of the Lower Angara and Adjacent Territories. Krasnoyarsk: Izd-vo Krasnoyarskogo kraevogo kraevedcheskogo muzeya, 2013. Pp. 73–91. (In Russ.)
Rogovskii E. O., Kuznetsov A. M. Fishing in the Early Holocene at the Multilayered Location of the Larch Island (in the Boguchanskaya Hydroelectric Power Station Flooding Zone). Izvestiya Irkutskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriya: Geoarheologiya. Ekologiya. Antropologiya = Reports of the Irkutsk State University. Series: Geoarchaeology. Ecology. Anthropology. 2013;2:15–32. (In Russ.)
Savchenko S. N. Harpoon Tips and Jagged Points in the Stone Age of the Urals. Rossijskaya arheologiya = Russian Archaeology. 2017;2:27–38. (In Russ.)
Seroshevskii V. L. The Yakuts. The Experience of Ethnographic Research. 2nd edition. Moscow: Assoc. “Ros. Polit. Encikl.”, 1993. XVIII. 713 p. (In Russ.)
Slavinskii V. S., German P. V., Leont'ev S. N., Rybin E. P. Materials from the Neolithic Period of the Sergushkin-1 “A” Site (2012 excavations). In: Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, and Anthropology of Siberia and Adjacent Territories. Vol. XVIII. Novosibirsk: Izd-vo In-ta arheologii i etnografii SO RAN, 2012. Pp. 486–491. (In Russ.)
Studzitskaya S. V. The Relationship between Industrial and Iconic Siberian Neolithic Fish Images. In: From the History of Siberia. Iss. 21. Tomsk: Izd-vo Tomskogo un-ta, 1976. Pp. 74–89. (In Russ.)
Tarasov I. I. Towards the Typology of Medieval Fishing Lures. In: Novgorod and the Novgorod land. History and Archaeology. Issue 21. Novgorod: Novgorodskij gosudarstvennyj ob'edinennyj muzej-zapovednik (Velikij Novgorod), 2007. Pp. 235–241. (In Russ.)
Turkin G. V., Kharinskii A. V. The Shamanka II Burial Site: on the Issue of Chronology and Cultural Affiliation of Neolithic — Bronze Age Burial Complexes on Southern Baikal. Izvestiya laboratorii drevnih tehnologij = Reports of the Laboratory of Ancient Technologies. 2004;1:124–158. (In Russ.)
Sherstobitova O. S., Seleznev A. G. The First Ancestor in a Shamanic Costume (on the Problem of Interpreting the Image of a Mammoth). Ufimskij arheologicheskij vestnik = Ufa Archaeological Herald. 2004,5:262–279. (In Russ.)
Everstov S. I. Fishing in Siberia. The Stone Age. Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1988. 140 p. (In Russ.)
Copyright (c) 2025 С.Н. Леонтьев
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Theory and Practice of Archaeological Research is a golden publisher, as we allow self-archiving, but most importantly we are fully transparent about your rights.
Authors may present and discuss their findings ahead of publication: at biological or scientific conferences, on preprint servers, in public databases, and in blogs, wikis, tweets, and other informal communication channels.
Theory and Practice of Archaeological Research allows authors to deposit manuscripts (currently under review or those for intended submission to ABS) in non-commercial, pre-print servers such as ArXiv.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
2.jpg)
