Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Mineralogy: Proceedings of 9th Geoarchaeological Conference, Miass, Russia, 19–22 September 2022 (Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences)

The volume of Springer Proceedings in Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Mineralogy contains selected papers presented at the 9th Geoarchaeology Conference, which took place during September 19–22, 2022, at the South Urals Federal Research Center, the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Miass, Russia. The Proceedings unite studies in the fields of archeometry, geoarchaeology, and ancient technologies, based on cases from northern Eurasia, and include archaeometallurgy, stone tools investigation, exploitation of geological resources in the past, bioarchaeology, residue analysis, pottery and lithics investigation, use of the GIS in archaeology. A study of non-organic materials, rocks, minerals, ores, metals, metallurgical slags is a special focus of the book. Many papers also use modern analytical methods of isotopic, chemical, and mineralogical analysis to study the composition and structure of ancient materials and the technological practices of past human populations ofModern Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Mongolia. The volume is intended for archaeologists, historians, museum workers, and geologists, as well as students, researchers from other disciplines, and the general public interested in the interdisciplinary research in the field of archaeology and archaeological materials, strategies and techniques of past quarrying, mining, metallurgy and lithic technologies at different chronological periods in Eurasian steppe and adjacent forest zone. Preface Contents General Issues of Geoarchaeology and Archaeometry Geoarchaeological Studies of the Coast of Northwestern Colchis 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References The Ancient Hydrographic Network of the Taman Peninsula, According to Earth Remote Sensing Data and Geomorphologic Research 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Historical-Cartographic and Toponymic Approaches in Geoarchaeology: A Case Study of Temples and Temple Complexes 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References In Search of a New Site of the Abashevo Culture in the Southern Trans-Urals: Remote Sensing and Geophysics Survey on the Zarya I Settlement 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Bioarchaeology and [Please insert \PrerenderUnicode{С} into preamble]ultural Layer Research The Ratio of Strontium Isotopes in Biological Remains (Based on the Materials of the Bronze Age Sites from the Southern Trans-Urals) 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Palynological Studies of Cultural Layers of the Fortified Settlement Ulak-1 of the Bronze Age (South Ural, Russia) 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Physical and Chemical Properties of Bronze Age Soil Deposits from Settlements of the Southern Trans-Urals Steppe 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Use-Wear Analysis of Bone Artifacts from the Bronze Age Settlement of Tyubyak (Based on the Materials from the 1987 Excavation) 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Spear Shaft and Axe Handle from Burials at the Markul Settlement: An Archaeobotanical Analysis 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Architecture of Kurgans with Mustaches of the Southern Trans-Urals (According to Soil and Archaeological Data) 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 3.1 The Krutaya Gora Kurgan with the “Mustaches” 3.2 The Novokondurovsky Kurgan with the “Mustaches” 3.3 The Sukhodol Kurgan with the “Mustaches” 3.4 The Sarbulat-1 Kurgan with the “Mustaches” 4 Conclusions References The Use of Rocks and Minerals by Ancient Societies The Use of Ore Minerals in the Sacred Sphere of the Ancient Population of the Urals 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References New Data on Flint Procurement and Exploitation at the Besleneevskaya Middle Paleolithic and Epipaleolithic Workshop, North-Western Caucasus 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Raw Material Characteristics of Stone Tools from the Early Neolithic Settlement of the Barabinsk Forest-Steppe 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Characterization of Epipaleolithic Flint Artifacts in the Northern Caucasus Using LA-ICP-MS: New Data from the Sosruko Rockshelter 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Origin of the Serpentinite Items from the Borodino Treasure 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Stone Vessel with Remnants of Paint from Bronze Age—The Levoberezhnoe Settlement 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Composition and Probable Sources of Stone Material of the Phanagoria Acropolis 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Mineralogical and Geochemical Methods in the Study of Ancient Ceramics The Crushed Carbonate Temper from Ceramic Pastes of the Bronze–Early Iron Age Pottery in the Northern Black Sea Region: A Technological Reception or A Traditional Approach 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Formation of the Fedorovka (Andronovo) Ceramic Traditions of the Late Bronze Age Mochishche Settlement in the Trans-Urals 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References The Research of Pithoi and Plinth Paste and Natural Clay from the Markul Settlement 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Archaeometallurgy and Metalworking Copper and Bronze Tools and Weapons of the Petrovka Culture of the Southern Trans-Urals and the Middle Tobol Basin: Alloys, Historical and Metallurgical Relations 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References The Functionality of Building Structures at the Bronze Age Vorovskaya Yama Mine in the Southern Trans-Urals (Based on the 2021 Excavation) 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Metallurgical Slags of the II Kuzminkovskoe Bronze Age Settlement (Southern Cis-Urals) 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Composition of Copper and Bronze Items from the Ashchisu Burial Ground 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Results of Archaeometallographic Studies of Iron Items from Ancient Rus Settlements in the Moscow Region 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Metallurgical Slag from Excavations of the Archaeological Site of the Kobylikha Settlement (The Nenets Autonomous Area) 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References In Memoriam In Memory of Elizaveta V. Zaykova (1935–2022) Author Index