Broomcorn Millet Impressions on Early Iron Age Ceramics from Тоrtoba Burial Mound in Western Kazakhstan
Sasaki Y. Rakhimzhanova S. Onggar A. Kairmagambetov A. Endo E. Dupuy P.D. Makulbekova M. Spengler R. Shoda S.
2022Margulan Institute of Archaeology
Kazakhstan Archeology
2022#2022Issue 4116 - 132 pp.
The article presents the first results of the study of vessels found in the monuments of the Bronze and Early Iron Ages of Kazakhstan by removing silicone replica from the surface of ceramic vessels. The method consists in finding and identifying traces of seeds, insects and other three-dimensional objects on the surface of pottery sherds. The study of pottery impressions allows: 1. identify which types of plants were used in the past; 2. establish which tools were used to make pottery; 3. discover organic materials used by ancient societies, etc. In total, 103 pottery sherds were analyzed from the Saba burial ground (Kostanay region), where vessels of the Bronze and Early Iron Ages were found, as well as from the Early Iron Age burial ground of Tortoba (Aktobe region). As a result of the study, it was possible to successfully identify broomcorn millet at the Early Iron Age burial ground of Tortoba using the method of silicone replicas to pottery impressions. The discovered samples of millet of the Early Iron Age from Western Kazakhstan are the first example of millet fixation in the form of an impression in the walls of pottery sherds. This work is the first experimental study of impressions in sherds of the Early Iron Age of Western Kazakhstan. The result not only sheds new light on the use of broomcorn millet in this era, but also highlights the success of the application of this analytical technique in this geographical area.
archaeology , Bronze Age , burial ground , casting , early Iron Age , impressions , millet , pottery , Saba , Tortoba
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Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan
Margulan Institute of Archaeology, Almaty, Kazakhstan
National Museum of Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan
Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany
Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Nara, Japan
Meiji University
Margulan Institute of Archaeology
National Museum of Republic of Kazakhstan
Nazarbayev University
Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
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