UST-TAGAN HILLFORT: IRON SMELTING SITE IN THE UPPER OB RIVER REGION

Vodyasov Evgenij Vyacheslavovich

DOI: 10.23951/2307-6119-2018-1-84-98

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Vodyasov Evgenij. Laboratory of Social and Anthropological Research Tomsk State University. Pr. Lenina, 36, Tomsk, Russia, 634050. E-mail: vodiasov_ev@mail.ru

The article for the first time publishes the results of interdisciplinary research of the hillfort Ust-Tagan, which is part of the Shaitan complex of archeological sites in the south of the Tomsk Region. It is concluded that the site Ust-Tagan in the 10th-13th centuries was a fortified point built near the iron ore deposit for its extraction. The main economy of the population were iron metallurgy and cattle breeding with a horses predominance in the herd. The origin of the ceramic traditions, represented in the materials of the settlement, is to be found in the complexes of the Upper Irtysh Region. The appearance of pastoralists-metallurgists in the Upper Ob River Region, who brought new knowledge about the production of iron, is most likely due to the disintegration of the "Kimako-Kypchak" Confederation and large migrations from the territory of the Upper Irtysh River Region.

Keywords: Ust-Tagan Hillfort, Upper Ob River Region, High Middle Ages, Iron Metallurgy

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Issue: 1, 2018

Series of issue: Issue 1

Rubric: ANTHROPOLOGY

Pages: 84 — 98

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