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![Research paper thumbnail of Continuity and Innovations in Sauromatian and Sarmatian Cultures (Based on the Materials of Staritsa Kurgan Cemetery) / Преемственность и новации в савроматской и сарматской культурах (по материалам Старицкого курганного могильника). [In Russian] 2019](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/70857856/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](The first article is devoted to the issues of continuity and innovations in Sauromatian and Early... more The first article is devoted to the issues of continuity and innovations in Sauromatian and Early Sarmatian cultures and in the population of anthropological type. To resolve this issue, the archaeological database of 5 Sauromatian and 48 early Sarmatian burials was used. The anthropological database consists of 31 measured skulls of the early Sarmatian epoch (4th – 1st centuries BC). The anthropological material was studied by methods of one-dimensional and multidimensional statistics.The authors pay a special attention to the syncretic character of a number of burials of Sauromatian and Early Sarmatian culture in the period of its appearance on the Volga region territory in the late 4th – the early 1st c. BC. The instability of the burial rite is manifested in the combination of typically Sauromatic continuity of orientating in the latitudinal direction with northern and southern orientations, locating swords along the body instead of the Sauromatian tradition – on the belt obliqu...
The tendency to transfer the early names of peoples to the later inhabitants of same places was c... more The tendency to transfer the early names of peoples to the later inhabitants of same places was characteristic for the historical and geographical genres of ancient literature, regardless of the kinship between them. In that way the ethnonym “Sauromatians” was used to name certain groups of the Eastern European steppes nomads until the first centuries AD, although an analysis of all the sources, including archaeological ones, suggests that Sauromatians cease to exist as an independent ethno political formation since the middle of 4th century BC, perhaps a little earlier. The reason for that was the migration of the South Ural nomads who had occupied the territory that previously belonged to the Sauromatians. Simultaneously with that process, a new ethnonym “Sirmati”, associated with Tanais (Don), appears in the works of ancient authors. The names “Sarmatia” and “Sarmatians” start to be mentioned increasingly since the 3rd century BC in written sources, including epigraphic ones. I believe, that indicates emerging of a new nomadic unity led by the Sarmatians east of the Don, located in the Volga-Ural steppes, existed before the beginning or middle of the 2nd century BC. Its disintegration is associated with the migrations of the first half – middle of the 2nd century BC, with the epicenter in Central Asia. These events led to significant changes in the ethnic composition of the population between Caspian Sea and the Dnieper, recorded by Strabo. Separate ethno-tribal associations were located here: Aors, Siraks, Roksolans, later Yazygs, Alans, with their own history and destiny, but all of them were often continued to be called Sarmatians in written sources. All this should be taken into account by modern researchers, since uncritical approach to the ancient authors often leads to incorrect historical reconstructions.
Для античной литературы исторического и географического жанра характерной являлась тенденция переноса ранних названий народов на более поздних обитателей этих мест, независимо от степени родства между ними. Так, этноним «савроматы» употреблялся для названия отдельных групп кочевников восточноевропейских степей до первых веков н.э., хотя анализ всей совокупности источников, в том числе и археологических, позволяет утверждать, что с середины IV в. до н.э. (возможно несколько раньше) савроматы прекращают свое существование как самостоятельное этнополитическое образование. Причиной этих событий была миграция южноуральских кочевников, которые занимают территорию, ранее принадлежавшую савроматам. Синхронно в сочинениях античных авторов появляется новое название народа «сирматы», приуроченное к Танаису (Дону). С III в. до н.э. в письменных источниках, в том числе эпиграфических, все чаще начинают упоминаться названия «Сарматия» и «сарматы», что свидетельствовало, как я полагаю, об образовании нового объединения кочевников во главе с сарматами к востоку от Дона, в волго-уральских степях, просуществовавшего до начала или середины II в. до н.э. Его распад связан с миграциями первой половины – середины II в. до н.э., эпицентром которых была Центральная Азия. Эти события привели к значительным изменениям этнического состава населения от Каспийского моря до Днепра, зафиксированного Страбоном. Здесь разместились отдельные этноплеменные объединения: аорсы, сираки, роксоланы, позже языги, аланы, со своей историей и судьбой, но часто в письменных источниках все они продолжали именоваться сарматами. Все это следует учитывать современным исследователям, поскольку некритическое следование за данными античных авторов часто приводит к неверным историческим реконструкциям.
Книга посвящена истории развития археологии в Волгограде. В ней приведен ряд эпизодов из жизни ав... more Книга посвящена истории развития археологии в Волгограде. В ней
приведен ряд эпизодов из жизни автора, стоявшего у основания волгоградской археологии. Освещена роль педагогического института (ныне – Волгоградский государственный социально-педагогический университет), организовавшего первые археологические исследования, и Волгоградского государственного университета, в котором были открыты специализация по археологии, аспирантура и докторантура. Дана оценка деятельности общепризнанной научной школы по археологии в университете.
В качестве приложения в книгу включен ряд публикаций автора, которые имеют отношение к ее теме и вышли ранее в редких изданиях. Приведен перечень научной и учебной литературы по археологии, подготовленной и изданной учеными университета.
![Research paper thumbnail of Nomadic World of the South of Eastern Europe in the 2nd - 1st Centuries BC (Eastern Innovations, Facts, Causes and Consequences) / Кочевой мир юга Восточной Европы во II-I вв. до н. э. (восточные новации, факты, причины и последствия). 2019 [In Russian]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/58916047/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriya 4, Istoriya. Regionovedenie. Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniya [Science Journal of Volgograd State University. History. Area Studies. International Relations], 2019
In the process of developing the chronology of early Sarmatian culture we have allocated the mon... more In the process of developing the chronology of early Sarmatian culture we have allocated the monuments dated by the 2nd - 1st centuries BC and characterized by their specificity both in the material culture and in burial rites. Methods and materials. This article is devoted to the series of items from the Sarmatian burials of the 2nd - 1st centuries BC from the south of Eastern Europe having close analogies in the sites of Central Asia. The items are represented with different types of swords, bronze openwork belt buckles, latticed and gigantic belt buckles, clay cubic censers, miniature copies of boilers and quivers with bows.
Analysis. New features have been marked in the funeral rites. Burials in the decks got popularity, which had resemblance with the decks used in
the burial practice of Tuva’s population of the last centuries BC. The percentage of northern orientation of the buried was significantly increased in some areas of the Volga and the Don regions. The analysis of the historical situation testifies to the migration of a number of nomadic groups away from China’s northwestern borders due to the aggressive policy of Xiongnu. This event caused the changes in ethnopolitical situation in Central Asia, the Greco-Bactrian kingdom ceased to exist due to nomadic attacks. The nomadic population of this region with the eastern elements in their culture had significantly increased. Great changes occured in the South Ural, the Volga-Don region and in the Northern Black Sea Coast, where the groups of nomads appeared which had not been mentioned in written sources before: Aorses, Siraki, Roksolans, Satarkhi. The occurred changes found reflection in written works of ancient authors. Results. Thus, the events that took place on the northern borders of China, associated with the formation of the Hunnish nomadic empire, led to a significant change in the ethnopolitical situation up to the Northern Black Sea Coast region.
![Research paper thumbnail of YANCAI, AORSI, ALANS / ЯНЬЦАЙ, АОРСЫ, АЛАНЫ. 2018 [in russian]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/58440594/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](In the 2nd century BC, the vast steppe area of Eurasia and adjacent territories underwent the sig... more In the 2nd century BC, the vast steppe area of Eurasia and adjacent territories underwent the significant ethnopolitical changes, which also had their extension in the beginning of a new era. In the territory of Central Asia and in the south of Eastern Europe, Chinese and ancient sources recorded the names of peoples that had not been mentioned before. This paper is devoted to the debatable problem of identification of the Yancai estate, mentioned in the works of ancient Chinese historians, with the territory, inhabitated by the Aorsi and known from the written sources of ancient authors. We prove the possibility of their identification. The Aorsi were in the hostile relations with their eastern neighbors and prevented the realization of economic and cultural relations between the peoples of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In the 1st century AD, Yancai was under control of the Alans, who were acting according to the policy of Kangyu, a territorial unit of Central Asia. This gave rise to building the relations between the Central Asian and the Eastern European regions, which created the conditions for the beginning of functioning of the northern branch of the Silk Road.
![Research paper thumbnail of SARMATIAN-TIME KURGAN ZHUTOVSKY № 27 IN THE VOLGA-DON INTERSTREAM REGION / ЖУТОВСКИЙ КУРГАН № 27 САРМАТСКОГО ВРЕМЕНИ В ВОЛГО-ДОНСКОМ МЕЖДУРЕЧЬЕ [In Russian]. 2010](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/51225385/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](The materials from kurgan Zhutovsky 27, which was excavated bу V.P. Shilov's expedition in 1964, ... more The materials from kurgan Zhutovsky 27, which was excavated bу V.P. Shilov's expedition in 1964, are quite often used in Sarmatian studies. Nonetheless, the present article is the first comprehensive publication of the materials from the site. The article gives detailed description of the funeral complexes of the kurgan, and substantiates the dating. The main burial in the kurgan appears to have belonged to the Sauromatian culture. Of especial interest is burial 4, that of a nоbe warrior. It is connected with the finding of horse harness, represented bу silver phalerae. Burial 4 and the phalerae are dated to the 2nd-1st сc. ВС. In our opinion, the complex will have belonged to Aorsian nobility. The time and the territory are those indicated for the Aorsi bу Strabo.
In the article the author substantiates the South Urals lineages of the Sirmat tribe that ancient... more In the article the author substantiates the South Urals lineages of the Sirmat tribe that ancient sources located in the Lower Don region in the 4th Century BC Since the 3rd Century BC the country was known as «Sarmatia» and Sarmatians were mentioned as inhabitants of it. According to the later sources, Sarmatia was situated on the vast territory east of Don river including regions beyond Volga river. The presence of clearly marked military tombs dated as early as the 4th Century BC proves, according to the author that it was there where the powerful blow on the Skythians took its start in the 3rd Century BC that foreordained subsequent acquisition of the North Black Sea region by Sarmatians.
The article publishes materials of the mounds 1 and 2 near the station Novouzensk on the left Ban... more The article publishes materials of the mounds 1 and 2 near the station Novouzensk on the left Bank of the Volga river in Saratov region. The mounds discovered materials from the middle IV to the beginning of the III centuries BC, which illustrate the processes of migrations of early nomads in the East of the Volga and southern Urals and the processes of transformation of culture took place in this period.
![Research paper thumbnail of THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LATE SARMATIAN CULTURE IN THE LOWER VOLGA REGION (ACCORDING TO THE FUNERAL RITE) / ФОРМИРОВАНИЕ И РАЗВИТИЕ ПОЗДНЕСАРМАТСКОЙ КУЛЬТУРЫ В НИЖНЕМ ПОВОЛЖЬЕ (ПО ДАННЫМ ПОГРЕБАЛЬНОГО ОБРЯДА). 2011. [In Russian]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/46384791/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](The work is devoted to the process of formation of the Late Sarmatian culture on the territory of... more The work is devoted to the process of formation of the Late Sarmatian culture on the territory of the Lower Volga region in the second half of the II century AD. At different stages of its history this territory was a cultural melting pot, in which was the mixing of different nomadic cultures. In the article by using the comparative analysis illustrates the difference between the Middle Sarmatian culture and its successor the Late Sarmatian culture.
The article is devoted to a rare type of cubic shape incense cups in burial sites of the early Sa... more The article is devoted to a rare type of cubic shape incense cups in burial sites of the early Sarmatian culture.
In Volga-Don region there are only three cases of finding incense cups of a cubic shape in the early Sarmatian burials of the 2nd – 1st centuries BC. This type of incense cups is known widely in later period in the late Sarmatian culture burials beginning with the middle of the 2nd century AD. The context of the finds of the early Sarmatian period seems to indicate that migrations of nomads into the steppes of the Volga-Don region in the
early and late Sarmatian period had practically the same territory as their starting point.
The article is aimed at defining the ethnic background of the South Urals nomads of the Scythian ... more The article is aimed at defining the ethnic background of the South Urals nomads of the Scythian epoch. Two theories are considered: the Issidonian and the Dacian ones. The analysis of written and archaeological sources enables the author to conclude that the nomads from the South Urals region belonged to the tribal union headed by the Dacians.
Федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «ЮЖНЫЙ ФЕДЕ... more Федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «ЮЖНЫЙ ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ» ИНСТИТУТ ИСТОРИИ И МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫХ ОТНОШЕНИЙ КАФЕДРА АРХЕОЛОГИИ И ИСТОРИИ ДРЕВНЕГО МИРА ВООО «ВОЛГО-ДОНСКОЕ АРХЕОЛОГИЧЕСКОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО» X ВСЕРОССИЙСКАЯ АРХЕОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ СТУДЕНТОВ И АСПИРАНТОВ «ПРОБЛЕМЫ АРХЕОЛОГИИ ВОСТОЧНОЙ ЕВРОПЫ» (материалы конференции) Ростов-на-Дону 2015 2 УДК [902+39+94](398) ББК 63(45) Д37 Печатается по решению кафедры археологии и истории древнего мира ЮФУ от 30 сентября 2015 г., протокол № 2.
The formation of the Sarmatian ethnos is related to the rise of Prokhorovka culture in South Ural... more The formation of the Sarmatian ethnos is related to the rise of Prokhorovka culture in South Urals. In the 4th century BC nomads start migrating from South Urals to the Volga River area, to the Don and the North Caucasus. Ancient authors first mention Syrmatae as the name of new inhabitants of steppe regions in southeastern Europe. Later writers refer to “Sarmatae”. Sarmatians expand to the North Pontic area, as far as the Danube. There were several migration waves from East to West. The first one reached the Don river in the 4th century BC. By the 2nd century BC Sarmatians ultimately settled in the territory between the Don and the Dnepr. In the 1st century AD they reached the Roman border along the Danube. Analysis of sources shows that throughout their long centuries history Sarmatians did not create any political organization. As a rule, at the same time there existed several ethnopolitical coalitions, similar to complex chiefdoms.
![Research paper thumbnail of Сарматы и Восток. 2010 [Sarmatians and the East]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/37464164/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](Данная монография является сборником научных статей А.С. Скрипкина по истории, археологии, период... more Данная монография является сборником научных статей А.С. Скрипкина по истории, археологии, периодизации и хронологии сарматов. Некоторые статьи посвящены аланской проблематике, истории Великого шелкового пути, связям с Китаем и другими районами Центральной Азии.
Books by Anatoly Skripkin
![Research paper thumbnail of The SARMATIANS / САРМАТЫ. 2017 [In Russian]](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/58916365/thumbnails/1.jpg)
](Сарматы – ираноязычные кочевники, различные этноплеменные объединения которых в период с IV в. до... more Сарматы – ираноязычные кочевники, различные этноплеменные объединения которых в период с IV в. до н.э. по IV в. н.э. занимали степные пространства юга Восточной Европы.
На раннем этапе своей истории они контролировали районы Южного Приуралья, Среднего и Нижнего Поволжья. В I в. н.э. отдельные их группировки выходят к границам Римской
империи по Дунаю. Сарматы, начиная с последних двух веков до н.э., проявляют военно-политическую активность в отношениях с сопредельными государствами и народами. На заключительной стадии своей истории они принимают участие в Великом переселении народов, которое существенно изменило ход всемирной истории. В предлагаемой книге на основании комплексного анализа источников рассматриваются вопросы формирования сарматских культур, проблемы их хронологии, этнокультурная история сарматов и их расселение.
Данное пособие посвящено истории кочевых обществ евразийского степного пространства раннего желез... more Данное пособие посвящено истории кочевых обществ евразийского
степного пространства раннего железного века, их экономическому и социально-политическому развитию, а также разнообразным отношениям с соседними оседлыми, земледельческими народами. Обращается внимание на особенности социального и политического развития кочевых обществ, их роль в политической истории в каждом из рассматриваемых регионов.
The first article is devoted to the issues of continuity and innovations in Sauromatian and Early... more The first article is devoted to the issues of continuity and innovations in Sauromatian and Early Sarmatian cultures and in the population of anthropological type. To resolve this issue, the archaeological database of 5 Sauromatian and 48 early Sarmatian burials was used. The anthropological database consists of 31 measured skulls of the early Sarmatian epoch (4th – 1st centuries BC). The anthropological material was studied by methods of one-dimensional and multidimensional statistics.The authors pay a special attention to the syncretic character of a number of burials of Sauromatian and Early Sarmatian culture in the period of its appearance on the Volga region territory in the late 4th – the early 1st c. BC. The instability of the burial rite is manifested in the combination of typically Sauromatic continuity of orientating in the latitudinal direction with northern and southern orientations, locating swords along the body instead of the Sauromatian tradition – on the belt obliqu...
The tendency to transfer the early names of peoples to the later inhabitants of same places was c... more The tendency to transfer the early names of peoples to the later inhabitants of same places was characteristic for the historical and geographical genres of ancient literature, regardless of the kinship between them. In that way the ethnonym “Sauromatians” was used to name certain groups of the Eastern European steppes nomads until the first centuries AD, although an analysis of all the sources, including archaeological ones, suggests that Sauromatians cease to exist as an independent ethno political formation since the middle of 4th century BC, perhaps a little earlier. The reason for that was the migration of the South Ural nomads who had occupied the territory that previously belonged to the Sauromatians. Simultaneously with that process, a new ethnonym “Sirmati”, associated with Tanais (Don), appears in the works of ancient authors. The names “Sarmatia” and “Sarmatians” start to be mentioned increasingly since the 3rd century BC in written sources, including epigraphic ones. I believe, that indicates emerging of a new nomadic unity led by the Sarmatians east of the Don, located in the Volga-Ural steppes, existed before the beginning or middle of the 2nd century BC. Its disintegration is associated with the migrations of the first half – middle of the 2nd century BC, with the epicenter in Central Asia. These events led to significant changes in the ethnic composition of the population between Caspian Sea and the Dnieper, recorded by Strabo. Separate ethno-tribal associations were located here: Aors, Siraks, Roksolans, later Yazygs, Alans, with their own history and destiny, but all of them were often continued to be called Sarmatians in written sources. All this should be taken into account by modern researchers, since uncritical approach to the ancient authors often leads to incorrect historical reconstructions.
Для античной литературы исторического и географического жанра характерной являлась тенденция переноса ранних названий народов на более поздних обитателей этих мест, независимо от степени родства между ними. Так, этноним «савроматы» употреблялся для названия отдельных групп кочевников восточноевропейских степей до первых веков н.э., хотя анализ всей совокупности источников, в том числе и археологических, позволяет утверждать, что с середины IV в. до н.э. (возможно несколько раньше) савроматы прекращают свое существование как самостоятельное этнополитическое образование. Причиной этих событий была миграция южноуральских кочевников, которые занимают территорию, ранее принадлежавшую савроматам. Синхронно в сочинениях античных авторов появляется новое название народа «сирматы», приуроченное к Танаису (Дону). С III в. до н.э. в письменных источниках, в том числе эпиграфических, все чаще начинают упоминаться названия «Сарматия» и «сарматы», что свидетельствовало, как я полагаю, об образовании нового объединения кочевников во главе с сарматами к востоку от Дона, в волго-уральских степях, просуществовавшего до начала или середины II в. до н.э. Его распад связан с миграциями первой половины – середины II в. до н.э., эпицентром которых была Центральная Азия. Эти события привели к значительным изменениям этнического состава населения от Каспийского моря до Днепра, зафиксированного Страбоном. Здесь разместились отдельные этноплеменные объединения: аорсы, сираки, роксоланы, позже языги, аланы, со своей историей и судьбой, но часто в письменных источниках все они продолжали именоваться сарматами. Все это следует учитывать современным исследователям, поскольку некритическое следование за данными античных авторов часто приводит к неверным историческим реконструкциям.
Книга посвящена истории развития археологии в Волгограде. В ней приведен ряд эпизодов из жизни ав... more Книга посвящена истории развития археологии в Волгограде. В ней
приведен ряд эпизодов из жизни автора, стоявшего у основания волгоградской археологии. Освещена роль педагогического института (ныне – Волгоградский государственный социально-педагогический университет), организовавшего первые археологические исследования, и Волгоградского государственного университета, в котором были открыты специализация по археологии, аспирантура и докторантура. Дана оценка деятельности общепризнанной научной школы по археологии в университете.
В качестве приложения в книгу включен ряд публикаций автора, которые имеют отношение к ее теме и вышли ранее в редких изданиях. Приведен перечень научной и учебной литературы по археологии, подготовленной и изданной учеными университета.
Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriya 4, Istoriya. Regionovedenie. Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniya [Science Journal of Volgograd State University. History. Area Studies. International Relations], 2019
In the process of developing the chronology of early Sarmatian culture we have allocated the mon... more In the process of developing the chronology of early Sarmatian culture we have allocated the monuments dated by the 2nd - 1st centuries BC and characterized by their specificity both in the material culture and in burial rites. Methods and materials. This article is devoted to the series of items from the Sarmatian burials of the 2nd - 1st centuries BC from the south of Eastern Europe having close analogies in the sites of Central Asia. The items are represented with different types of swords, bronze openwork belt buckles, latticed and gigantic belt buckles, clay cubic censers, miniature copies of boilers and quivers with bows.
Analysis. New features have been marked in the funeral rites. Burials in the decks got popularity, which had resemblance with the decks used in
the burial practice of Tuva’s population of the last centuries BC. The percentage of northern orientation of the buried was significantly increased in some areas of the Volga and the Don regions. The analysis of the historical situation testifies to the migration of a number of nomadic groups away from China’s northwestern borders due to the aggressive policy of Xiongnu. This event caused the changes in ethnopolitical situation in Central Asia, the Greco-Bactrian kingdom ceased to exist due to nomadic attacks. The nomadic population of this region with the eastern elements in their culture had significantly increased. Great changes occured in the South Ural, the Volga-Don region and in the Northern Black Sea Coast, where the groups of nomads appeared which had not been mentioned in written sources before: Aorses, Siraki, Roksolans, Satarkhi. The occurred changes found reflection in written works of ancient authors. Results. Thus, the events that took place on the northern borders of China, associated with the formation of the Hunnish nomadic empire, led to a significant change in the ethnopolitical situation up to the Northern Black Sea Coast region.
In the 2nd century BC, the vast steppe area of Eurasia and adjacent territories underwent the sig... more In the 2nd century BC, the vast steppe area of Eurasia and adjacent territories underwent the significant ethnopolitical changes, which also had their extension in the beginning of a new era. In the territory of Central Asia and in the south of Eastern Europe, Chinese and ancient sources recorded the names of peoples that had not been mentioned before. This paper is devoted to the debatable problem of identification of the Yancai estate, mentioned in the works of ancient Chinese historians, with the territory, inhabitated by the Aorsi and known from the written sources of ancient authors. We prove the possibility of their identification. The Aorsi were in the hostile relations with their eastern neighbors and prevented the realization of economic and cultural relations between the peoples of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In the 1st century AD, Yancai was under control of the Alans, who were acting according to the policy of Kangyu, a territorial unit of Central Asia. This gave rise to building the relations between the Central Asian and the Eastern European regions, which created the conditions for the beginning of functioning of the northern branch of the Silk Road.
The materials from kurgan Zhutovsky 27, which was excavated bу V.P. Shilov's expedition in 1964, ... more The materials from kurgan Zhutovsky 27, which was excavated bу V.P. Shilov's expedition in 1964, are quite often used in Sarmatian studies. Nonetheless, the present article is the first comprehensive publication of the materials from the site. The article gives detailed description of the funeral complexes of the kurgan, and substantiates the dating. The main burial in the kurgan appears to have belonged to the Sauromatian culture. Of especial interest is burial 4, that of a nоbe warrior. It is connected with the finding of horse harness, represented bу silver phalerae. Burial 4 and the phalerae are dated to the 2nd-1st сc. ВС. In our opinion, the complex will have belonged to Aorsian nobility. The time and the territory are those indicated for the Aorsi bу Strabo.
In the article the author substantiates the South Urals lineages of the Sirmat tribe that ancient... more In the article the author substantiates the South Urals lineages of the Sirmat tribe that ancient sources located in the Lower Don region in the 4th Century BC Since the 3rd Century BC the country was known as «Sarmatia» and Sarmatians were mentioned as inhabitants of it. According to the later sources, Sarmatia was situated on the vast territory east of Don river including regions beyond Volga river. The presence of clearly marked military tombs dated as early as the 4th Century BC proves, according to the author that it was there where the powerful blow on the Skythians took its start in the 3rd Century BC that foreordained subsequent acquisition of the North Black Sea region by Sarmatians.
The article publishes materials of the mounds 1 and 2 near the station Novouzensk on the left Ban... more The article publishes materials of the mounds 1 and 2 near the station Novouzensk on the left Bank of the Volga river in Saratov region. The mounds discovered materials from the middle IV to the beginning of the III centuries BC, which illustrate the processes of migrations of early nomads in the East of the Volga and southern Urals and the processes of transformation of culture took place in this period.
The work is devoted to the process of formation of the Late Sarmatian culture on the territory of... more The work is devoted to the process of formation of the Late Sarmatian culture on the territory of the Lower Volga region in the second half of the II century AD. At different stages of its history this territory was a cultural melting pot, in which was the mixing of different nomadic cultures. In the article by using the comparative analysis illustrates the difference between the Middle Sarmatian culture and its successor the Late Sarmatian culture.
The article is devoted to a rare type of cubic shape incense cups in burial sites of the early Sa... more The article is devoted to a rare type of cubic shape incense cups in burial sites of the early Sarmatian culture.
In Volga-Don region there are only three cases of finding incense cups of a cubic shape in the early Sarmatian burials of the 2nd – 1st centuries BC. This type of incense cups is known widely in later period in the late Sarmatian culture burials beginning with the middle of the 2nd century AD. The context of the finds of the early Sarmatian period seems to indicate that migrations of nomads into the steppes of the Volga-Don region in the
early and late Sarmatian period had practically the same territory as their starting point.
The article is aimed at defining the ethnic background of the South Urals nomads of the Scythian ... more The article is aimed at defining the ethnic background of the South Urals nomads of the Scythian epoch. Two theories are considered: the Issidonian and the Dacian ones. The analysis of written and archaeological sources enables the author to conclude that the nomads from the South Urals region belonged to the tribal union headed by the Dacians.
Федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «ЮЖНЫЙ ФЕДЕ... more Федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «ЮЖНЫЙ ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ» ИНСТИТУТ ИСТОРИИ И МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫХ ОТНОШЕНИЙ КАФЕДРА АРХЕОЛОГИИ И ИСТОРИИ ДРЕВНЕГО МИРА ВООО «ВОЛГО-ДОНСКОЕ АРХЕОЛОГИЧЕСКОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО» X ВСЕРОССИЙСКАЯ АРХЕОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ КОНФЕРЕНЦИЯ СТУДЕНТОВ И АСПИРАНТОВ «ПРОБЛЕМЫ АРХЕОЛОГИИ ВОСТОЧНОЙ ЕВРОПЫ» (материалы конференции) Ростов-на-Дону 2015 2 УДК [902+39+94](398) ББК 63(45) Д37 Печатается по решению кафедры археологии и истории древнего мира ЮФУ от 30 сентября 2015 г., протокол № 2.
The formation of the Sarmatian ethnos is related to the rise of Prokhorovka culture in South Ural... more The formation of the Sarmatian ethnos is related to the rise of Prokhorovka culture in South Urals. In the 4th century BC nomads start migrating from South Urals to the Volga River area, to the Don and the North Caucasus. Ancient authors first mention Syrmatae as the name of new inhabitants of steppe regions in southeastern Europe. Later writers refer to “Sarmatae”. Sarmatians expand to the North Pontic area, as far as the Danube. There were several migration waves from East to West. The first one reached the Don river in the 4th century BC. By the 2nd century BC Sarmatians ultimately settled in the territory between the Don and the Dnepr. In the 1st century AD they reached the Roman border along the Danube. Analysis of sources shows that throughout their long centuries history Sarmatians did not create any political organization. As a rule, at the same time there existed several ethnopolitical coalitions, similar to complex chiefdoms.
Данная монография является сборником научных статей А.С. Скрипкина по истории, археологии, период... more Данная монография является сборником научных статей А.С. Скрипкина по истории, археологии, периодизации и хронологии сарматов. Некоторые статьи посвящены аланской проблематике, истории Великого шелкового пути, связям с Китаем и другими районами Центральной Азии.
Сарматы – ираноязычные кочевники, различные этноплеменные объединения которых в период с IV в. до... more Сарматы – ираноязычные кочевники, различные этноплеменные объединения которых в период с IV в. до н.э. по IV в. н.э. занимали степные пространства юга Восточной Европы.
На раннем этапе своей истории они контролировали районы Южного Приуралья, Среднего и Нижнего Поволжья. В I в. н.э. отдельные их группировки выходят к границам Римской
империи по Дунаю. Сарматы, начиная с последних двух веков до н.э., проявляют военно-политическую активность в отношениях с сопредельными государствами и народами. На заключительной стадии своей истории они принимают участие в Великом переселении народов, которое существенно изменило ход всемирной истории. В предлагаемой книге на основании комплексного анализа источников рассматриваются вопросы формирования сарматских культур, проблемы их хронологии, этнокультурная история сарматов и их расселение.
Данное пособие посвящено истории кочевых обществ евразийского степного пространства раннего желез... more Данное пособие посвящено истории кочевых обществ евразийского
степного пространства раннего железного века, их экономическому и социально-политическому развитию, а также разнообразным отношениям с соседними оседлыми, земледельческими народами. Обращается внимание на особенности социального и политического развития кочевых обществ, их роль в политической истории в каждом из рассматриваемых регионов.
In the proposed publication attempts to summarize all archaeological material accumulated over a ... more In the proposed publication attempts to summarize all archaeological material accumulated over a century and a half, from the territory of modern Volgograd region. The paper is organized in chronological order, from the stone age to the eighteenth century inclusive.
Extensive illustrative material, presents archaeological collections of the Volgograd regional Museum and other museums around the country, accompanied by texts, which give a full view of each of these eras. This work, devoted to the archaeological heritage of the Volgograd region, made for the first time. "The archaeological heritage of the Volgograd region" is designed for a wide range of readers — teachers, students, schools and universities, scientists and anyone interested in the history of our region.
In this book summarized the materials of many-year (1976–2012) soil-archeological studies of abo... more In this book summarized the materials of many-year (1976–2012) soil-archeological studies of about 200 kurgans of the Savromatian, Early, Middle, and Late Sarmatian time (VI c. BC – AD IV c.) within about 40 burial sets located in 23 landscape-geomorphologic regions of the Lower Volga and Southern Urals steppes. This allowed us for the first time to obtain detail information on the regularities of spatialtemporal variability of morphological, chemical, microbiological, magnetic properties and biological activity of paleosoils on the south Russia steppes, on the direction and rates of transformation of parameters of humus, carbonate, salt profiles, on the development of processes of humus and solonetz formation, accumulation and leaching of salts, on the variability of structure of soil cover and soil evolution, on the centennial dynamics of climate humidity during the historical time, on the role of natural environment in life of nomads of the Early Iron age.