Alakul textiles based on ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr isotopes analysis: to the issue of imported wool fiber in a bronze age costume

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The article focuses on determining the possible regions of origin of wool fiber in Bronze Age Alakul textiles from the Southern Trans-Urals (first half of the 2nd millennium BC). The main method is the analysis of ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr isotope ratios. The comparison was made for values of 12 textile samples from the Stepnoye VII, Alakul and Agapovka II burial grounds with those on interpolated background maps of bioavailable strontium and for other archaeobiological materials of these microregions. It was found that 5 out of 12 examined textile samples have an isotopic signal that differs from the local intervals in the vicinity of the necropolises within a radius of 10–15 km. This indicates the existence of metabolic processes that could be associated both with the import of animals with fleece suitable for spinning, and with the movements of textiles and the owners of the costume themselves.

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Polina S. Ankusheva

South Ural Federal Scientific Centre for Mineralogy and Geoecology, Ural Branch RAS

Author for correspondence.
Email: polenke@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Miass

Ivan A. Blinov

South Ural Federal Scientific Centre for Mineralogy and Geoecology, Ural Branch RAS

Email: ivan_a_blinov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Miass

Daria V. Kiselev

Institute of Geology and Geochemistry, Ural Branch RAS

Email: podarenka@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg

Elena V. Kupriyanova

Chelyabinsk State University

Email: dzdan@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Chelyabinsk

Igor K. Novikov

Kurgan State University

Email: novikov2479@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Kurgan

Igor V. Chechushkov

Kurgan State University

Email: chivpost@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Kurgan

Andrey V. Epimakhov

South Ural State University

Email: epimakhovav@susu.ru
Russian Federation, Chelyabinsk

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2. Fig. 1. Map of the Alakul sites with fragments of textiles (А) and geological diagrams of their surroundings (Б – the Stepnoye VII burial ground, В – the Alakul burial ground, Г – the Agapovka II burial ground)

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3. Fig. 2. Samples of textiles from the Stepnoye VII burial ground materials (mound 8, burial 1)

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4. Fig. 3. Microphotographs of wool fiber samples from the Stepnoye VII burial ground

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5. Fig. 4. Samples of textiles from the Alakul burial ground materials (1–3 – mound 27, burial 7; 4, 5 – mound 23, burial 6)

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6. Fig. 5. Microphotographs of wool fiber samples from the Alakul burial ground

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7. Fig. 6. Textiles from the Agapovka II burial ground

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8. Fig. 7. Results of radiocarbon dating of complexes with textile fragments from the Stepnoye VII and Alakul burial grounds

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9. Fig. 8. Variations of Sr isotopes in materials from the Stepnoye (А, Б) and Alakul (В, Г) microdistricts

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14. Fig. 3. The Stepnoye VII burial ground, complex 8, burial 1. Combined date based on textiles from the burial

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15. Fig. 4. A scheme of location of interpolated ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr values for the microdistrict near the village of Stepnoye (distance between points – 5 km)

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16. Fig. 5. Variations of ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr on interpolated maps of bioavailable strontium in the microregion near the village of Stepnoye built for various types of samples

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17. Fig. 6. A scheme of location of interpolated ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr values for the microdistrict near the village of Agapovka (distance between points – 5 km)

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18. Fig. 7. Variations of ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr on interpolated maps of bioavailable strontium in the microregion near the village of Agapovka built for various types of samples

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