TY - JOUR
T1 - Broomcorn Millet Impressions on Early Iron Age Ceramics from Тоrtoba Burial Mound in Western Kazakhstan
AU - Sasaki, Yuka
AU - Rakhimzhanova, Saule
AU - Onggar, Akhan
AU - Kairmagambetov, Arhat
AU - Endo, Eiko
AU - Dupuy, Paula Doumani
AU - Makulbekova, Madina
AU - Spengler, Robert
AU - Shoda, Shinya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The article presents the first results of the study of vessels found in the monuments of the Bronze and Early Iron Ages of Kazakhstan by removing silicone replica from the surface of ceramic vessels. The method consists in finding and identifying traces of seeds, insects and other three-dimensional objects on the surface of pottery sherds. The study of pottery impressions allows: 1. identify which types of plants were used in the past; 2. establish which tools were used to make pottery; 3. discover organic materials used by ancient societies, etc. In total, 103 pottery sherds were analyzed from the Saba burial ground (Kostanay region), where vessels of the Bronze and Early Iron Ages were found, as well as from the Early Iron Age burial ground of Tortoba (Aktobe region). As a result of the study, it was possible to successfully identify broomcorn millet at the Early Iron Age burial ground of Tortoba using the method of silicone replicas to pottery impressions. The discovered samples of millet of the Early Iron Age from Western Kazakhstan are the first example of millet fixation in the form of an impression in the walls of pottery sherds. This work is the first experimental study of impressions in sherds of the Early Iron Age of Western Kazakhstan. The result not only sheds new light on the use of broomcorn millet in this era, but also highlights the success of the application of this analytical technique in this geographical area.
AB - The article presents the first results of the study of vessels found in the monuments of the Bronze and Early Iron Ages of Kazakhstan by removing silicone replica from the surface of ceramic vessels. The method consists in finding and identifying traces of seeds, insects and other three-dimensional objects on the surface of pottery sherds. The study of pottery impressions allows: 1. identify which types of plants were used in the past; 2. establish which tools were used to make pottery; 3. discover organic materials used by ancient societies, etc. In total, 103 pottery sherds were analyzed from the Saba burial ground (Kostanay region), where vessels of the Bronze and Early Iron Ages were found, as well as from the Early Iron Age burial ground of Tortoba (Aktobe region). As a result of the study, it was possible to successfully identify broomcorn millet at the Early Iron Age burial ground of Tortoba using the method of silicone replicas to pottery impressions. The discovered samples of millet of the Early Iron Age from Western Kazakhstan are the first example of millet fixation in the form of an impression in the walls of pottery sherds. This work is the first experimental study of impressions in sherds of the Early Iron Age of Western Kazakhstan. The result not only sheds new light on the use of broomcorn millet in this era, but also highlights the success of the application of this analytical technique in this geographical area.
KW - archaeology
KW - Bronze Age
KW - burial ground
KW - casting
KW - early Iron Age
KW - impressions
KW - millet
KW - pottery
KW - Saba
KW - Tortoba
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U2 - 10.52967/akz2022.4.18.116.132
DO - 10.52967/akz2022.4.18.116.132
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85147354408
SN - 2663-6794
VL - 2022
SP - 116
EP - 132
JO - Kazakhstan Archeology
JF - Kazakhstan Archeology
IS - 4
ER -