Dendrochronological Analysis of Wood from the Num-Khibya-Sikheri VIа Site

Abstract

The article deals with the dendrochronological analysis of the archaeological wood collection from the Num-Khibya-Sikheri VIa site, a burial complex belonging to the Northern Selkup cultural tradition and located on the territory of the Taz Polar region (Tazovskiy district of the YNAO). The dates of the complex existence, obtained within the framework of the tree-ring analysis, fall within the time interval from the second quarter of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. This in turn confirms and significantly supplements the previously discovered archival-recorded evidence of the Selkup fishing farms emergence in the lower Taz (which fall on the upper date limit of the complex). The received lower date of the complex functioning is the earliest proven borderline of the presence of the northern Selkups on the territory of the Taz Arctic.

Keywords

• archaeological wood
• dendrochronology
• burial complex
• northern selkups
• tazovsky district of yamalo-nenets autonomous okrug