Megaliths of the Vera Island in the Southern Urals

Megaliths of the Vera Island in the Southern Urals

Megaliths of the Vera Island in the Southern Urals Stanislav Grigoriev and Yulia Vasina Archaeopress Archaeology Archaeopress Publishing Ltd Summertown Pavilion 18-24 Middle Way Summertown Oxford OX2 7LG www.archaeopress.com ISBN 978-1-78969-242-6 ISBN 978-1-78969-243-3 (e-Pdf) © Stanislav Grigoriev, Yulia Vasina and Archaeopress and 2019 Cover designed by Elena Idelchik All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owners. Printed in England by Severn, Gloucester This book is available direct from Archaeopress or from our website www.archaeopress.com Contents Introduction ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������1 Chapter 1. Vera Island and Localisation of Objects and Constructions ......................................................................4 1.1. Geographical Location and Geomorphology ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������4 1.2. Research History ....................................................................................................................................................................7 1.3. Character of Location ..........................................................................................................................................................10 1.3.1. Settlements ..................................................................................................................................................................10 1.3.2. Cult Structures and Objects.......................................................................................................................................11 1.3.2.1. Megaliths ............................................................................................................................................................11 1.3.2.2. Cult Place of Vera Island 6 ...............................................................................................................................12 1.3.2.3. Menhirs and Other Objects and Structures ...................................................................................................14 1.3.3. Constructions of the Old Believers (or Possibly Reused by Them) .....................................................................15 1.3.4. Stone Quarry of Vera Island 2a ................................................................................................................................23 Chapter 2. Megaliths ................................................................................................................................................................27 2.1. Megalith 1 .............................................................................................................................................................................27 2.1.1. Architecture of the construction .............................................................................................................................27 2.1.2. Excavation of the megalith ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������45 2.2. Megalith 2..............................................................................................................................................................................58 2.3. Megalith 3..............................................................................................................................................................................69 2.4. Cult Place of Vera Island 9 ..................................................................................................................................................73 2.5. Building Technologies .........................................................................................................................................................85 2.5.1. Problems of building megaliths................................................................................................................................85 2.5.2. Transporting Stone ....................................................................................................................................................89 2.5.3. Extraction and Processing of Stone ........................................................................................................................89 2.5.4. Constructing Megaliths .............................................................................................................................................91 2.5.5. Processing of Surfaces and Sculptures ....................................................................................................................92 Chapter 3. Excavations of Settlements ...............................................................................................................................94 3.1. Settlement of Vera Island 7 ...............................................................................................................................................94 3.1.1. Hearths and constructions ........................................................................................................................................94 3.1.2. Stratigraphy .................................................................................................................................................................96 3.1.3. Material description ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������97 3.1.3.1. Flint and jasper artefacts .................................................................................................................................97 3.1.3.2. Finds of non-siliceous rocks ...........................................................................................................................107 3.1.3.3. Large stone tools ..............................................................................................................................................111 3.1.3.4. Clay artefacts ....................................................................................................................................................118 3.1.3.5. Metal and slag ..................................................................................................................................................118 3.1.3.6. Ceramics ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������118 3.1.3.7. Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................123 3.2. Settlement of Vera Island 4 ..............................................................................................................................................123 3.2.1. General description ..................................................................................................................................................123 3.2.2. Finds of the settlement of Vera Island 4 ...............................................................................................................136 3.2.2.1. Flint and jasper artefacts ...............................................................................................................................136 3.2.2.2. Macrotools .......................................................................................................................................................151 3.2.2.3. Talc artefacts ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������157 3.2.2.4. Clay artefacts ....................................................................................................................................................159 3.2.2.5. Fragments of rocks from the settlement of Vera Island 4.........................................................................160 3.2.2.6. Ceramics ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������160 Chapter 4. Origins of Megaliths ..........................................................................................................................................173 4.1. Problem of the Origins of Megaliths in the European Scientific Tradition ..............................................................173 4.2. Megalithic tradition in the Urals .....................................................................................................................................183 4.2.1. Megaliths of the Vera Island ..................................................................................................................................183 4.2.2. Dwellings of the Vera Island ..................................................................................................................................186 i 4.2.3. Circular sanctuaries ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������

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