Video: Nickel mining will destroy burial mounds in Prikhopyorye
2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55
Last week, on the territory of the Elka mining allotment, the Voronezh archeology discovered a burial site dating back to about the 15th century BC. The skeleton of a young woman lying on its side next to two jugs was found under one of the mounds at a depth of about 2 meters. Another grave was found nearby, which may hide the remains of a warrior with a chariot. At the same time, the age of the find presumably dates back to the 16-18 centuries BC.
Voronezh scientists found traces of an ancient settlement on the territory of the Elka mining allotment last year.
In fact, in every pit along the old bank of the Elan, ancient molded ceramics and other finds came across. Three and a half thousand years ago people lived here. All finds belong to the period of the so-called "Timber culture" in the middle of the second millennium BC.
The head of the Department of Archeology and History of the Ancient World at Voronezh State University, Professor Alexander Medvedev, notes that the settlements of this culture are usually small, but on Yolka he first saw a completely different type of settlement - along the entire coast, more than 900 meters long, there is a continuous archaeological monument.
This year's discoveries were made near the Yolka, in a meadow in the valley of the Elani River, where an accumulation of mounds was discovered - from the era of the "Srubnaya culture" and earlier. Scientists suggest that there are dozens of burials in this area, dating back to the 15-18 centuries BC.
Also not far from this place is the famous mound-pyramid called "High Grave".
In the area of the Elansky mining allotment, clusters of mounds were also discovered, according to preliminary estimates dated 15-18 centuries BC. Among other things, a unique burial ground of the Eneolithic period (about five thousand years old) is described, located on the bank of an artificial reservoir: the channel of a small river was circled around the embankment of a huge mound to surround it with water.
Most of the monuments could be destroyed by planned non-ferrous metal mining in the area. At the same time, local residents insist on the establishment of an archaeological park, which can become one of the foundations for attracting tourists to the region in the context of the proposed positive program for the development of Prikhoperye - an alternative strategy for restoring the region's economy through investments in tourism and ecological agriculture.
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