ZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSEMBLAGE OF THE ENEOLITHIC FROM THE SETTLEMENT TANAY 4A (Kemerovo region)

Abstract

The settlement Tanay 4a (Kemerovoregion) is a key monument of the Late Stone Age (Eneolitic, III millennium BC) inWestern Siberia. Archaeological complexes have dates from early Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. Faunal collection has not yet been studied, making it impossible to reconstruct the economic activity of the ancient population. The main problem for the analysis of the faunal materials of mixed cultural background is the division of chronologically different zooarheological assemblages. The paper describes the extraction algorithm of chronologically different zooarheologicheskih complexes. It is based on an analysis of the stratigraphy of the monument and the localization of mass artifacts of the Eneolitic and Late Bronze Age in its area. The total of 2604 remains of animals was studies, of which 546 belong to the Eneolitic. It was found that in the Eneolitic people were engaged in fishing and season hunting for wild animals (moose, bear, roe deer, marmots, badgers). The main object of hunting was the beaver. Remnants of domesticated horses, cows and sheep were few. The paper provides the characteristics of the main types of land that residents of the settlement used at such way of environmental management.

Keywords

• zooarchaeology, eneolithic, western siberia, system of environmental management