Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 35 (3) 2008

Annotation:  Sergeyevka-1: Neolithic Site in the Khanka Plain, and the Typology of Middle Neolithic Sites in Pri Cultural Change during the Late Prehistoric Period in Southern Primorye (Based on Archaeological Ev Formation of the Eurasian “Steppe Belt” of Stockbreeding Cultures: Viewed through the Prism of Arch Stages in the Settlement History of Chicha-1: The Results of Ceramic Analysis New Early Iron Age Culture in the Southern Taiga Zone of Central Siberia Prospects for Correlating Radiocarbon and Archaeological Chronologies of the Scythian and Hunno- Sa The Role of Migration in the Evolution of the Andronov Community The Bear Image in Western Siberian Art of the 2nd Millennium BC and its Relevance for Delimiting the Ethnic and Cultural Functions of Name in Traditional Japanese Society G.I. Choros-Gurkin’s Archaeological and Ethnographic Drawings at the National Museum of the Altai R Eco-museums in Siberia as Centers for Ethnic and Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Natural Envi Cranial Characteristics of the Saka Populations of the Eastern Pamirs   

Cultural Change during the Late Prehistoric Period in Southern Primorye (Based on Archaeological Evidence from the Bulochka Settlement)

A.P. Derevianko and V.E. Medvedev.

The paper is dedicated to the analysis of the origin and transformation of the Poltse and Krounovka archaeological cultures. The analysis is based on the archaeological materials from the multilayered site of Bulochka, a large settlement in the southern part of the Russian Maritime Region (Primorye) dating from the Early Iron Age (the last centuries BC – the fi rst centuries AD), as well as evidence from other sites. The Poltse culture originated in the Amur basin; the Krounovka culture was centered in the southern parts of Primorye. These two cultures developed synchronously and independently from one another. In the course of the southward migration of the Poltse people, they intermixed with the Krounovka people and a syncretic cultural community was formed. This paper highlights the issues of interrelationships between various features of the two cultures that merged to form a single unifi ed culture (dwellings, ceramics, labor tools, weaponry, household utensils, personal decorations, and others) as well as the links connecting this culture with those from neighboring regions.