Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 43 (2) 2015

Annotation:  Blade and Microblade Industries in Northern, Eastern and Central Asia 1. African Origin and Spread t The Evidence of Rock Art in Iranian Makran: Aps-e Goalm and Kouhbodan-e Jor Petroglyphs, Qasr-e Qand New Findings Relating to the Maikop-Novosvobodnaya Burial Rite Horn Figurines from an Okunev Burial on Lake Itkul, Khakassia, Southern Siberia An Anthropomorphic Horn Figurine from the Northern Foothills of the Kuznetsky Alatau, Southern Siber A Funerary Complex of the Sintashta Age at Maloyuldashevo I, Western Orenburg Region Dwellings and Utility Structures at Linevo-1 – a Late Bronze to Early Iron Age Settlement in the Sal The Reconstruction of Cultural Processes in the Forest-Steppe Ob Basin During the Early Iron Age, B Unusual New Findings at Filippovka-1 Burial Mound 1, Southern Urals Ancient Turkic Stone Statues at Tuura-Suu, Kyrgyzstan Metal Details of Mongolian Age Belt-Sets from the Angara Taiga Gods and Humans: Living Under the Same Roof A Genetic Analysis of Human Remains from Ak-Alakha-3 Burial Mound 1, Gorny Altai The Nanay Clan Samar: The Structure of Gene Pool Based on Y-Chromosome Markers   

New Findings Relating to the Maikop-Novosvobodnaya Burial Rite

S.N. Korenevskiy, M.B. Mednikova, and V.V. Bochkovoy.

Two burials of human remains at the Maikop-Novosvobodnaya settlement of Chekon-2 in the Taman Peninsula, northwestern Caucasus, are described. The X-ray fl uorescence analysis has revealed traces of cinnabar on the inside of the vault bones of one cranium. The totality of fi ndings suggests that the Chekon-2 burials were sacrifi cial, and were arranged in a special area within the settlement.

Keywords: Burial rite, bioarchaeology, paleopathology, corpse treatment, X-ray fl uorescence analysis, cinnabar use.