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TOWARDS RECONSTRUCTION OF SELKUP COSTUME BASED ON ARTEFACTS FROM THE XVII CENTURY BURRIAL AT OSTJAK MOUNTAIN (60 ANNIVERSARY OF ANDREAS DULSON RESEARCH ON THE RIVER OB NEAR MOLCHANOVO VILLAGE) // Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology. 2015. Issue 1 (7). P. 82-94

The paper is based on the analysis of the archeological, archival and written sources obtained by Andreas Dulson in 1954 as a result of excavations of the Ostjak Mountain burial site, at Molchanovo village in Tomsk region. Archival and archeological data are kept at Tomsk Local Lore Museum. Andreas Dulson dated the burrials as the XVII century and attributed them to Selkups of Shepets volost. The paper focuses on the reconstruction of Selkup costume – head-wear, plait decorations, waist-bands, and other costume decorations.

Keywords: Andreas Dulson, archive of Tomsk Meseum, XVII century, burial at Ostjak Mountain, clothes, Selkups

THE FORTIFIED SETTLEMENT OF ‘TOYANOV GORODOK’: SOME HISTORY // Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology. 2016. Issue 3 (13). P. 85-93

The ‘Toyanov gorodok’ settlement is a place well-known to Tomsk residents, which is located on the left bank of the River Tom, opposite the city of Tomsk. The area took its name from a fortified settlement once located here. According to folk legends, the leader of Eoushta Tatars called Toyan was based in this area. The research into it started in the late XIX century, however at that time and afterwards it was limited only to the inspection and collection of finds on the surface. In the early XX century such settlements and adjacent territories would be chosen for countryside houses construction. In the first half of the XX century, a TB sanatorium was built here, and the fortified settlement was largely destroyed and partially filled with construction waste. Some unpublished documents and unknown collections of finds related to this archaeological site are now kept at Tomsk museums. The article presents a previously unpublished layout of the ‘Toyanov gorodok’ settlement and of its burial ground drawn by M. P. Gryaznov in 1924 as well as A. P. Dulson’s finds collected at the site in 1952.

Keywords: ‘Toyanov gorodok’ settlement, Toyan, Tatars of Eoushta, history of research, ceramics

THE RESEARCH RESULTS OF THE YOLTYREVSKAYA KURGAN GROUP I IN THE LOWER KET REGION // Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology. 2019. Issue 2 (24). P. 149-157

According to physiographic region defining, the Lower Ket region belongs to the middle taiga zone of the right Bank of the Ob River. Its features are: strong swampiness, predominance of dark coniferous forests and podzolic type of soil. Natural and climatic conditions influenced the cultural development of the population living here. In archaeological terms the downstream Ket region is studied insufficiently. The need to study of the late Middle Aged monuments of the region was dictated by the problem of the origin of the southern Selkups, and their local dialect groups. Yoltyrevskaya Kurgan group I was discovered by V.E. Dobychin in 1963, and first investigated in 2008. The article considers the problems of chronology, cultural and ethnic origin of the late Middle Age population, the one who left this burial ground. The group consists of 10 mounds. Mound № 1 is excavated. The remains of three disturbed burials were discovered under the mound: an individual 18–22 years old and two children 3–5 and 7–9 years old. The original burial was performed on a burnt ground, in a wooden frame-lining. Judging by the surviving bones of the skeleton, the deceased was buried in an extended position, on his back, head to the southwest. Among the inventory is clay molding vessels, with a continuous ornamentation of the wall with a toothed print, cross-shaped lining, buttons made of beads, knife, and arrowhead. Perhaps, with the re-burial of children (only the lower jaws were found), to the mound the initial burial was disturbed. The inventory and ceramic tableware allow dating the burial to the XVI – the beginning of the XVII century. Analogues of the material complex and the rite are known from the Selkup burial mounds of this period in the Narym Ob region. The site was left by one of the Selkup groups settled in the lower reaches of the Ket River

Keywords: Ket, Yoltyrevskaya Kurgan group I, burial, later Middle Ages, Selkup