Spatial Analysis of Bronze Age Settlements of the Mari Volga Region

Authors

  • Mark G. Kalashnikov Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University. Kremlyovskaya St., 18, Kazan, 420000, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation
  • Guzel M. Sayfutdinova Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Butlerov Str., 30, Kazan, 420012, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation;  Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University. Kremlyovskaya St., 18, Kazan, 420000, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation
  • Elena E. Vorobeva Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University. Kremlyovskaya St., 18, Kazan, 420000, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Khalikov, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Butlerov St., 30, Kazan, 420012, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; Samarkand State University. 15 University boulevard, 140104, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2023.1.78.85

Keywords:

settlement archaeology, geoinformation systems, Mari Volga region, Pozdnyakovo culture, Prikazanskaya culture, textile ceramics culture, Chirki culture, Volosovo culture, Bronze Age, settlement, verification, spatial analysis.

Abstract

The article presents the results of geoinformation analysis of the patterns of spatial distribution of archaeological sites and their localization on the territory of the Mari Volga region. The territory of the Mari Volga region is one of the most significant territories with a large concentration of archaeological sites of various epochs, archaeological cultures. The object of the study was the archaeological sites of such districts of the Republic of Mari El as: Zvenigovsky, Volzhsky and Gornomariysky. It should be noted that sites of all archaeological periods and various archaeological cultures are recorded in the above-mentioned areas. As a result of verification of 128 archaeological sites of the considered regions of the territory of the Mari Volga region, the features of the location and a certain dependence of the localization of archaeological monuments of the territory under consideration on the period of existence were established.

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Published

2023-03-01

How to Cite

Kalashnikov , M. G., Sayfutdinova , G. M., & Vorobeva, E. E. . (2023). Spatial Analysis of Bronze Age Settlements of the Mari Volga Region. Arkheologiia Evraziiskikh Stepei (Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes), (1), 78–85. https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2023.1.78.85

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No. 1 (2023)

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