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On the issue of the chronology of the Ilinskija cemetery in the town of Bialynichy (based on materials from archaeological research in 2019-2020), 2023
In 2019–2020, rescue archaeological research was carried out on the territory of Ilinskaja Hara, ... more In 2019–2020, rescue archaeological research was carried out on the territory of Ilinskaja Hara, located in the city of Bialynichy (Mahiliou region, Republic of Belarus), where it was planned to build an Orthodox chapel, utilities to it and a parking lot. The area of archaeological research was 138 m2, of which 124 m2 is the main trench, which was confined to the central, most elevated part of the hill.
As a result of the work carried out, the information about the presence of a city cemetery at this place was confirmed. In the main trench, 138 objects were recorded, which are represented by grave pits, individual damaged skeletons and bones found in redeposited form.
Based on the analysis of archaeological artifacts (coins, details of the clothes of the buried and a fragment of a pectoral cross) found directly in the graves (Nos. 10, 46, 87, 90) and in the space between them, as well as the results of a planigraphic analysis of individual burials, it can be concluded that the cemetery operated for quite a long time. The most ancient burials recorded during excavations were probably carried out at the turn of the 16th-17th centuries (Nos. 92, 96, 99), which follows from their stratigraphic position. The most chronologically latest burial, dated by elements of clothing and jewelry, refers to the 1870s. (No. 46).
Światowit, 2021
The present article focuses on artefacts made of antlers with holes drilled for the haft, both th... more The present article focuses on artefacts made of antlers with holes drilled for the haft, both those available in physical collections and those known only from archaeological literature. This category of items is held by a number of central and regional museums in Belarus, as well as in private collections. Such ‘dispersion’ of the items makes their study problematic. Until now, no comprehensive study of antler artefacts with drilled holes from gravel pits located in Smarhon has been conducted. Publications have so far considered only the specimens that are most representative from the point of view of comparative typology. Michal Chernyavskiy and Piotr Kalinovskiy invariably associated tools with drilled holes with the Mesolithic period. However, this group of tools is more diverse and chronologically complicated than previously thought. The authors of the present article propose a new typological scheme for this item category which is part of a pan-European cultural and chronolog...
Royal Society Open Science, 2020
The introduction of pottery vessels to Europe has long been seen as closely linked with the sprea... more The introduction of pottery vessels to Europe has long been seen as closely linked with the spread of agriculture and pastoralism from the Near East. The adoption of pottery technology by hunter–gatherers in Northern and Eastern Europe does not fit this paradigm, and its role within these communities is so far unresolved. To investigate the motivations for hunter–gatherer pottery use, here, we present the systematic analysis of the contents of 528 early vessels from the Baltic Sea region, mostly dating to the late 6th–5th millennium cal BC, using molecular and isotopic characterization techniques. The results demonstrate clear sub-regional trends in the use of ceramics by hunter–gatherers; aquatic resources in the Eastern Baltic, non-ruminant animal fats in the Southeastern Baltic, and a more variable use, including ruminant animal products, in the Western Baltic, potentially including dairy. We found surprisingly little evidence for the use of ceramics for non-culinary activities, ...
![Research paper thumbnail of PLANT SEEDS IMPRESSIONS IN NEOLITIC POTTERY FROM THE SETTLEMENTS AZIARNOJE 1 AND STARYJA JURKOVIČY 1 [in English]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/37812238/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](![Research paper thumbnail of Archaeological exploration in Cherven and Gomel regions in 2012 [in Russion] \ Археологические разведки в Червенском и Гомельском районах в 2012 году](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/37812081/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](The article presents the results of field research conducted in 2012 in Cherven and Gomel regions... more The article presents the results of field research conducted in 2012 in Cherven and Gomel regions. During the archaeological work was discovered one new (Adyn 1) and examined two known sites to the Stone and Bronze Ages (Sosnovka 3, Osovets 4). Archaeological material from the last two sites is similar to the Neolithic material of lower parts of Prypiac and Berezina rivers, Dnieper river basin in its Magilev and Rogachev parts and belong to the eastern Palessie variant of the Dnieper-Donets culture.
![Research paper thumbnail of NEOLITHIC CERAMICS FROM EASTERN BELARUS (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF THE SETTLEMENT GRONOV 3) [in Russion] \ НЕОЛИТИЧЕСКАЯ КЕРАМИКА ВОСТОЧНОЙ БЕЛАРУСИ (ПО МАТЕРИАЛАМ ПАМЯТНИКА ГРОНОВ 3)](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/37812019/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](The article is devoted to the analysis of a collection of Neolithic pottery from the settlement o... more The article is devoted to the analysis of a collection of Neolithic pottery from the settlement of Gronov 3 (Eastern Belarus). The results of this pottery analysis are presented in this paper.
The author identifies the main types of ceramics, describes them in detail, correlates these types with the stages of ceramics of the verhnedneprovskaya archeological culture in this region and determines the influence of other cultures. Based on the analysis several traditions in the production of vessels were identified previously. Each of them reflects the cultural situation in Eastern Belarus in Neolithic.
![Research paper thumbnail of Casual finds of Neolithic pottery from the territory of Gomel and Dobrush regions [in Russian] \ Случайные находки неолитической керамики с территории Гомельского и Добрушского районов](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/37811920/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](The article is devoted to the new finds of Neolithic pottery from Gomel and Dobrush regions. This... more The article is devoted to the new finds of Neolithic pottery from Gomel and Dobrush regions. This pottery have analogy in Neolithic materials of lower parts of Prypiac and Berazina rivers, Dnieper river basin in its Magilev and Rogachev part and belong to the eastern palessie variant of the Dnieper-Donec culture.
![Research paper thumbnail of Features of the development of the eastern polessye variant of the Dnieper-and-Don Culture (based on the materials from the Pooresye region) [in Russian] \ Особенности развития восточнополесского варианта днепро-донецкой культуры (по материалам памятников Пооресья)](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/37811845/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](![Research paper thumbnail of The pottery complex of Dnieper-and-Don Culture from the settlement of Ozernoye 1 (Pripyat Polesie) [in Russian] \ Керамический комплекс днепро-донецкой культуры поселения Озерное 1 (Припятское Полесье)](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/37811653/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](The article is devoted to the analysis of a collection of the Neolithic pottery from the settleme... more The article is devoted to the analysis of a collection of the Neolithic pottery from the settlement Ozernoye 1 (Pripyat Polesie). The site within the area of 776 sq m was investigated in 1985-1988. There were found 2949 fragments of pottery. And the results of this pottery analysis were presented in this paper.
![Research paper thumbnail of The Neolithic of the north of the Pripyat Polesie (based on the analysis of comb-pin pottery from the Ozernoye 1 and Starie Yurkovichi 1 settlements) [in Russian] / Неолит севера Припятского Полесья (по результатам анализа гребенчато-накольчатой керамики памятников Озерное 1 и Старые Юрковичи 1)](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/37794948/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](The article is devoted to the analysis of a collection of neolithic pottery from the settlements ... more The article is devoted to the analysis of a collection of neolithic pottery from the settlements of Ozernoje 1 and Starie Yurkovichi 1 (North of Prypiat Polesie). The results of this pottery analysis were presented in this paper.
People belonging to the eastern Polesie variant of the Dnieper-Donets Neolithic Culture lived in this region in Neolith, but the collection of pottery shows the genetic connections with Nioman, Middle Dnieper and Globular Amphora Cultures.
![Research paper thumbnail of The results of systematization and classification of ornament on the Neolithic vessels (on the ground of material from the settlement Ozernoye 1) [in Russian] / Результаты систематизации и классификации орнамента на неолитической посуде (на примере керамики с поселения Озерное 1)](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/37794779/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](The paper presents the results of analysis of the ornament on the Neolithic pottery from the sett... more The paper presents the results of analysis of the ornament on the Neolithic pottery from the settlement Ozernoye 1 (Pripyat Polesie, Central Belarus)
![Research paper thumbnail of Archaeological research in 2008 in Lubań district [in Belarusian] / Археологические исследования в 2008 г. в Любанском районе](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/37794717/thumbnails/1.jpg)
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On the issue of the chronology of the Ilinskija cemetery in the town of Bialynichy (based on materials from archaeological research in 2019-2020), 2023
In 2019–2020, rescue archaeological research was carried out on the territory of Ilinskaja Hara, ... more In 2019–2020, rescue archaeological research was carried out on the territory of Ilinskaja Hara, located in the city of Bialynichy (Mahiliou region, Republic of Belarus), where it was planned to build an Orthodox chapel, utilities to it and a parking lot. The area of archaeological research was 138 m2, of which 124 m2 is the main trench, which was confined to the central, most elevated part of the hill.
As a result of the work carried out, the information about the presence of a city cemetery at this place was confirmed. In the main trench, 138 objects were recorded, which are represented by grave pits, individual damaged skeletons and bones found in redeposited form.
Based on the analysis of archaeological artifacts (coins, details of the clothes of the buried and a fragment of a pectoral cross) found directly in the graves (Nos. 10, 46, 87, 90) and in the space between them, as well as the results of a planigraphic analysis of individual burials, it can be concluded that the cemetery operated for quite a long time. The most ancient burials recorded during excavations were probably carried out at the turn of the 16th-17th centuries (Nos. 92, 96, 99), which follows from their stratigraphic position. The most chronologically latest burial, dated by elements of clothing and jewelry, refers to the 1870s. (No. 46).
Światowit, 2021
The present article focuses on artefacts made of antlers with holes drilled for the haft, both th... more The present article focuses on artefacts made of antlers with holes drilled for the haft, both those available in physical collections and those known only from archaeological literature. This category of items is held by a number of central and regional museums in Belarus, as well as in private collections. Such ‘dispersion’ of the items makes their study problematic. Until now, no comprehensive study of antler artefacts with drilled holes from gravel pits located in Smarhon has been conducted. Publications have so far considered only the specimens that are most representative from the point of view of comparative typology. Michal Chernyavskiy and Piotr Kalinovskiy invariably associated tools with drilled holes with the Mesolithic period. However, this group of tools is more diverse and chronologically complicated than previously thought. The authors of the present article propose a new typological scheme for this item category which is part of a pan-European cultural and chronolog...
Royal Society Open Science, 2020
The introduction of pottery vessels to Europe has long been seen as closely linked with the sprea... more The introduction of pottery vessels to Europe has long been seen as closely linked with the spread of agriculture and pastoralism from the Near East. The adoption of pottery technology by hunter–gatherers in Northern and Eastern Europe does not fit this paradigm, and its role within these communities is so far unresolved. To investigate the motivations for hunter–gatherer pottery use, here, we present the systematic analysis of the contents of 528 early vessels from the Baltic Sea region, mostly dating to the late 6th–5th millennium cal BC, using molecular and isotopic characterization techniques. The results demonstrate clear sub-regional trends in the use of ceramics by hunter–gatherers; aquatic resources in the Eastern Baltic, non-ruminant animal fats in the Southeastern Baltic, and a more variable use, including ruminant animal products, in the Western Baltic, potentially including dairy. We found surprisingly little evidence for the use of ceramics for non-culinary activities, ...
The article presents the results of field research conducted in 2012 in Cherven and Gomel regions... more The article presents the results of field research conducted in 2012 in Cherven and Gomel regions. During the archaeological work was discovered one new (Adyn 1) and examined two known sites to the Stone and Bronze Ages (Sosnovka 3, Osovets 4). Archaeological material from the last two sites is similar to the Neolithic material of lower parts of Prypiac and Berezina rivers, Dnieper river basin in its Magilev and Rogachev parts and belong to the eastern Palessie variant of the Dnieper-Donets culture.
The article is devoted to the analysis of a collection of Neolithic pottery from the settlement o... more The article is devoted to the analysis of a collection of Neolithic pottery from the settlement of Gronov 3 (Eastern Belarus). The results of this pottery analysis are presented in this paper.
The author identifies the main types of ceramics, describes them in detail, correlates these types with the stages of ceramics of the verhnedneprovskaya archeological culture in this region and determines the influence of other cultures. Based on the analysis several traditions in the production of vessels were identified previously. Each of them reflects the cultural situation in Eastern Belarus in Neolithic.
The article is devoted to the new finds of Neolithic pottery from Gomel and Dobrush regions. This... more The article is devoted to the new finds of Neolithic pottery from Gomel and Dobrush regions. This pottery have analogy in Neolithic materials of lower parts of Prypiac and Berazina rivers, Dnieper river basin in its Magilev and Rogachev part and belong to the eastern palessie variant of the Dnieper-Donec culture.
The article is devoted to the analysis of a collection of the Neolithic pottery from the settleme... more The article is devoted to the analysis of a collection of the Neolithic pottery from the settlement Ozernoye 1 (Pripyat Polesie). The site within the area of 776 sq m was investigated in 1985-1988. There were found 2949 fragments of pottery. And the results of this pottery analysis were presented in this paper.
The article is devoted to the analysis of a collection of neolithic pottery from the settlements ... more The article is devoted to the analysis of a collection of neolithic pottery from the settlements of Ozernoje 1 and Starie Yurkovichi 1 (North of Prypiat Polesie). The results of this pottery analysis were presented in this paper.
People belonging to the eastern Polesie variant of the Dnieper-Donets Neolithic Culture lived in this region in Neolith, but the collection of pottery shows the genetic connections with Nioman, Middle Dnieper and Globular Amphora Cultures.
The paper presents the results of analysis of the ornament on the Neolithic pottery from the sett... more The paper presents the results of analysis of the ornament on the Neolithic pottery from the settlement Ozernoye 1 (Pripyat Polesie, Central Belarus)