Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 38 (3) 2010

Annotation:  Three Scenarios of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition. Scenario 1: The Middle to Upper Paleo Chronology and Periodization of Upper Paleolithic Sites in Mongolia Projectile Points and their Implications The “Malta Realism”: On Interpreting Siberian Anthropomorphic Figurines from the Upper Paleolithic Private Collection of Seima-Turbino Bronzes from the Irtysh: The Tragedy of a Unique Site Destroyed Sargat Burial Sites in the Middle Irtysh Area: A Gender Analysis The Archaeological and Geophysical Study of Defense Works Yenisei Kyrgyz “Forts” in the Russian Reports of the 17th Century and the Archaeological Reality The Wusun in Northeastern Central Asia Eighteenth Century Trends in the Development of Buryat Clothing Field Trip by B.N. Gorodkov and G.M. Dmitirev-Sadovnikov to the Vakh River Valley in 1913 A Comparison of the Medieval and Modern Populations of the Novgorod Region, Based on Facial Reconst The Origin of the Late Medieval Population of the Novgorod Republic (13th–16th Centuries), Based on   

Sargat Burial Sites in the Middle Irtysh Area: A Gender Analysis

N.A. Berseneva.

Based on Early Iron Age (6th century BC – 4th century AD) sites on the Middle Irtysh, Western Siberia, an attempt is made to reconstruct certain aspects of gender relations in ancient society. The human remains and accompanying artifacts are regarded as a single assemblage. This new approach has made it possible to advance certain hypotheses concerning gender structure and gender stereotypes in Sargat society.

Keywords: Gender archaeology, burial rite, Sargat culture, Early Iron Age, archaeological assemblage.