Paleometal Epoch Materials from the Kuzkino VII Site

Abstract

Kuzkino VII site is located in Alekseyevskoye district of Tatarstan, 5,5 km south-west from the former village of Kuzkino and 10,5 km south from the village of Shuran in the Rybnaya Sloboda district of Tatarstan. As a result of archaeological studies at the site there was received a rich and expressive number of archaeological sources belonging to the paleometal era. This set of artifacts contains several cultural and chronological groups of finds which characterize several stages of functioning of the site. The earliest stage of the site functioning is related to the Srubnaya cultural-historical unity. In the collection there are assemblages belonging to the Lugovoy and the Maklasheyevka cultures. The later history of Kuzkino VII site is connected with the Ananyino cultural and historical area.

Keywords

• archaeology
• lower kama river
• bronze age
• early iron age
• srubnaya culture
• lugovoy culture
• maklasheyevka culture
• ananyino cultural-historical area
• ceramics