About the Settlement of the City of Ufa-II: To the 70th Anniversary of Scientific Research
https://doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2024-23-3-98-110
Abstract
Purpose. The settlement of Ufa-II is a reference monument of the early Middle Ages of the Southern Urals. The work introduces the latest materials from the site into academic discourse.
Results. The obtained materials complement the picture of the development of the immediate surroundings of the Ufa-II settlement. The thickness of the cultural layer in the study area was more than 1 m, which suggests that the site had been in operation for quite a long time. Data on the archaeozoological collection and the results of a morphological and chemical-analytical study of the soil cover are presented. The osteological material is highly fragmented, it bears traces of cuts and appears to be kitchen remains. The species composition is represented by 4 domestic animal species. The cultural layer in its chemical composition is characterized by an increased content of gross phosphorus, and the content of humus, total nitrogen, mobile forms of phosphorus and potassium corresponds to background natural soils. The total thickness of the cultural layer of the monument in this profile is an average of 110 cm. The overlying layers were formed at a later time.
Conclusion. The studies made it possible to establish the presence and thickness of the cultural layer. The obtained materials indicate that in the early Middle Ages, the area around the citadel of the settlement was actively developed by the tribes of the Bakhmutin and Turbaslin archaeological culture in the period of the 5th – 7th / 8th centuries.
Supporting agencies: The research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant № 23-78-10057 «Dynamics of cultural development and development of the Southern Urals from antiquity until it became part of Russia (4th century BC – 16th century): interdisciplinary archaeological research
About the Authors
A. S. Protsenko
Republican Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve «Ancient Ufa»; Institute of History, Language and Literature Ufa Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anton S. Protsenko, Candidate of Sciences (History), Head of the Department of Archeology, Researcher
Scopus Author ID 57216532161
WoS Researcher ID JNE-2552-2023
RSCI Author ID 827283
Ufa
F. F. Safuanov
Republican Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve «Ancient Ufa»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Fanis F. Safuanov, Researcher
WoS Researcher ID JPL-7758-2023
RSCI Author ID 1209468
Ufa
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Protsenko A.S., Safuanov F.F. About the Settlement of the City of Ufa-II: To the 70th Anniversary of Scientific Research. Vestnik NSU. Series: History and Philology. 2024;23(3):98-110. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2024-23-3-98-110
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