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Archaeology of Russia

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Archaeology of Russia

Russian archaeology begins in the Russian Empire in the 1850s and becomes Soviet archaeology in the early 20th century. The journal Sovetskaya Arkheologiia is published from 1957.

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major archaeological cultures and sites in Russia

  • Kermek (ru:Кермек (стоянка))
  • Palaeolithic site Kostyonki
  • Sungir
  • Khvalynsk culture (Eneolithic)
  • Novotitorovka culture (Early Bronze Age)
  • Maykop culture (Early Bronze Age)
  • Maykop kurgan
  • Yamna culture
  • Afanasevo culture (Early Bronze Age)
  • Abashevo culture (Bronze Age)
  • Andronovo culture (Middle to Late Bronze Age)
  • Arkaim
  • Sintashta
  • Srubna culture (Late Bronze to Iron Age)
  • Tanais (Late Bronze to Iron Age)
  • Pazyryk culture (Iron Age)
  • Tmutarakan
  • Staraya Ladoga (Viking Age)
  • Gnyozdovo
  • Sarkel (9th century)

    • Literature

  • B. Trigger, A History of Archaeological Thought, McGill University, Montréal, pp. 327ff.
  • Mikhail Miller, Archaeology in the U.S.S.R, New York (1956).

    • References

    Archaeology of Russia Wikipedia
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