Collections of the Archaeological Museum of Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University. Part 2

Abstract

The paper continues the publication of collections from the Archaeological Museum of Kazan Federal University studied by the authors with the aid of archaeological and natural scientific techniques since 2018. It covers the collections of the Mesolithic, Bronze, Early Iron and Early Middle Ages. Three collections from Kazan governorate, Gari bone bed and Shigir peat bog were obtained in the 19th century by the Societies of Archaeology, History and Ethnography, and Naturalists affiliated with Kazan University. The fourth collection obtained at the excavation of Gremyachiy Klyuch hillfort in 1948 is associated with the History Department of Kazan University. The study of the collections has allowed to obtain information of considerable interest for the understanding of the development of material culture of the Ural-Volga region in a broad retrospective.

Keywords

• archaeology
• Ural-Volga region
• Mesolithic
• Bronze Age
• Early Iron Age
• Early Middle Ages
• Ananyino Cultural and Historical Areal
• archaeozoology
• traseology