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<< Our Photo Pages >> Kolikho dolmen - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Russia

Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 18 November 2009  Page Views: 5267

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kolikho dolmen
Country: Russia
NOTE: This site is 10.545 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 Nearest Village: Kolikho
Latitude: 44.224400N  Longitude: 39.142800E
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Kolikho dolmen submitted by AlexAssa : Site in Russia cover (Vote or comment on this photo)
THIS DOLMEN IS NOW IN THE STATE HISTORICAL MUSEUM IN MOSCOW
Burial Chamber (Dolmen) found in Tuapse region on the Black Sea coast, Russia. Russian dolmen rescued and mysterious disk uncovered. The rescue operation of the Kolikho dolmen has been completed successfully.

The dolmen was found by accident after the seasonal flood in 2008. It was buried beneath 3 m-thick river deposits and left untouched since the Bronze Age. This is the first case in Caucasian archaeology.

The burial chamber was full of partly disarticulated human remains. All of them were put in the chamber through the hole in the façade slab. Radiocarbon dates of human remains (72 persons) covers the period between 1800 and 1300 BCE with no signs of chronological gaps. In other word, the dolmen was in use for about 500 years.
The grave goods complex is small and consists of pottery, bronze javelin head, bronze spiral earring, bone belt buckle, few stone flakes and a sandstone disk with carvings on both sides. On one side of the disk are somewhat 'astral' symbols, while on the other side are possibly marks of calibration near the rim of the disk. The sandstone disk looks like a sort of device or the Caucasian version of the Nebra disk.

Source: Archaeo News from a report by Viktor Trifonov, and also Metro (in Russian). See below for video.
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Kolikho dolmen submitted by AlexAssa : Site in Russia (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Kolikho dolmen submitted by AlexAssa : Site in Russia Megalithica.ru

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Kolikho dolmen submitted by AlexAssa

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Kolikho dolmen submitted by AlexAssa : Site in Russia первоначальный вид находки

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Kolikho dolmen submitted by AlexAssa

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Kolikho dolmen submitted by AlexAssa

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Kolikho dolmen submitted by AlexAssa

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Kolikho dolmen submitted by AlexAssa

Kolikho dolmen
Kolikho dolmen submitted by DrewParsons : The dolmen now in The State Historical Museum in Moscow. Photographed in April 2016

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Re: Kolikho dolmen by Anonymous on Thursday, 03 December 2009
Fantastic rescue.
KEEP UP the great work.
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Re: Kolikho dolmen by Andy B on Wednesday, 18 November 2009
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IN September 2009 the rescue operation of the dolmen "Kolikho" (Tuapse region, Black sea coast , Russia) ” was completed successfully. The dolmen was found by accident after the seasonal flood in 2008. It was buried beneath 3 m-thick river deposits and left untouched since the Bronze Age.
http://www.dolmens.spb.ru/index.htm

This is the first case in Caucasian archaeology!. The burial chamber was full of partly disarticulated human remains. All of them were put in the chamber through the hole in the façade slab. Radiocarbon dates of human remains (72persons) covers the period (approx.) between 1800 and 1300 BC with no signs of chronological gaps. In other word, the dolmen was in use for about 500 years!

The grave goods complex is small and consists of pottery, bronze javelin head, bronze spiral earring, bone belt buckle, few stone flakes and (!)sandstone disk with signs on both sides. On one side of the disk are “astral” symbols, on other side - marks of calibration(?)along the rim of the disk. The last thing is absolutely unexpected find! It looks like sort of device (astrolabe!?) or the Caucasian version of the Nebra disk or anything else which is still beyond my mind

Doomed to be totally destroyed due to seasonal flood the dolmen was finally disassembled, packed up and transported to State Historical Museum in Moscow to be restored and presented to public in 2010. Some details of the event can be watched on the youtube portal:

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