ARCHEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION IN THE ITUM-KALINSKY REGION OF THE CHECHEN REPUBLIC IN 2021

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https://doi.org/10.32653/CH183861-872

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Chechen Republic, Itum-Kalinsky region, Argun river, surveys, ceramics, burial ground, settlement

Abstract

The article presents the results of archaeological surveys, conducted in 2021 on the territory of lands allocated for economic development under the project “Construction of a Tower Hydroelectric Power Station on the Argun River in the Itum-Kalinsky Region of the Chechen Republic”. In the course of the work, the previously known objects of cultural heritage “Ushkaloy Watchtowers-twins”, “Ushkaloy Burial Ground” were examined and two new objects of cultural heritage were revealed: the complex of archaeological sites “Bashin-Kali”, including the remains of the fortification of the time of the Caucasian war “Bashin-Kali” of the 19th century, two destroyed burials of the burial ground of the early Iron Age – the Middle Ages and the settlement of the Bronze Age, as well as the burial ground “Guchum-Kali”. The explorations included the study of agricultural terraces of the economic territory of the village of Guchum-Kali. The relatively high richness of archaeological sites on a relatively small area on which the research was conducted reflects the processes of development in antiquity, the Middle Ages and in Modern times by the population of the Argun Gorge, which was one of the contact zones between the North and South Caucasus.

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Author Biographies

  • Umar Usufovic Kockarov, Institute of Archeology of RAS
    Cand. Sci. (History), Head of the Scientific Archive
  • Vladimir Ur'evic Malasev, Institute of Archeology of RAS
    Cand. Sci. (History), Senior Researcher
  • Azamat Usmanovic Ahmarov, Institute for Humanities Studies, Academy of Sciences of the Chechen Republic
    Junior Researcher
  • Sergej Sergeevic Gorlanov, Institute of Archeology of RAS
    Specialist of the Scientific Archive

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2022-10-10

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Kockarov UU, Malasev VU, Ahmarov AU, Gorlanov SS. ARCHEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION IN THE ITUM-KALINSKY REGION OF THE CHECHEN REPUBLIC IN 2021. ИАЭК. 2022;18(3):861-872. doi:10.32653/CH183861-872