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Multi-periodSite Name: Oleny Ostrov burial Alternative Name: ОленеостровскиCountry: Russia
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Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Petrozavodsk Nearest Village: South Deer Island
Latitude: 61.991518N Longitude: 35.227493E
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Russia
Oleny Ostrov burial
Located on South Deer Island, 7 km south-east of the Kizhi Island, at a height of 9-10 m above the level of Lake Onega.
Area: 5,000 m²
In the course of archaeological excavations in the total area of 2'350 sqm it was opened 177 graves.
In total there were 7'132 found object. This gun hunting, fishing, household items, jewelry, etc.
Particularly stands out the most ancient (radiocarbon dating to 9'910 ± 80 BP) number 100 burial burial.
Skeleton in it in an upright position, was lined with stones and densely filled bright red ocher.
The deceased was accompanied by a large number of stone and bone (500). All this has allowed archaeologists to assume that the burial belonged to tribal or tribal leaders.
Oleny Ostrov burial, according to radiocarbon analysis of bone remains, he functioned in between 7'470 - 6'790 years ago (calibrated 6'320 - 5'640 BCE).
Gurin NN Oleny Ostrov burial ground // MIA. M., 1956. № 47. 430.
http://megalithica.ru/oleneostrovskij-mogilnik.html
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