Section

Physical geography and biogeography, soil geography and landscape geochemistry

Title

THE SOIL OF EKATERINOVSKY CAPE BURIAL GROUND IN THE MIDDLE VOLGA REGION

Сontributors

A. Yu. Ovchinnikov, Ph. D. (Biology), Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems In Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director for science, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;

V. M. Alifanov, Ph. D. (Biology), Dr. Habil., Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems In Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Laboratory of Soil Ecology, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;

A. I. Korolev, Ph. D. (History), Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education, Dean of the Department of History, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract

This work represents the results of soil investigation of the unique ar-cheological monument Ekaterinovsky Cape Burial Ground of the Early Eneolithic epoch (the end of the 5th — the beginning of the 4th centuries BC) in the Middle Volga Region. The necropolis Ekaterinovsky Cape is the largest burial of the Volga Region steppe and forest-steppe and in whole Eastern Europe. The epochal affiliation of this monument is determined by the totality of funeral rites and inventory features. The preliminary results make it possible to map out chronological position of the burial ground between the Mariupolsky and Khvalinsky times.

The soil under investigation is typical сhernozems. Their morphological, physical and microbiomorphic properties were studied. The results showed the relation between the soil features and the natural conditions during the ritual burials organization. The burial ground was built under semi arid conditions of the Middle Holocene period. The soil was formed gradually under the impact of natural processes.

Keywords

soil science, archaeology, soil formation, soil parent materials, paleokryomorphic phenomena, the Late Pleistocene period, the Holocene period

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