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Fofonovo

The cemetery is situated on the right bank of Selenga river, 0,5 km from Fofonovo village (Kabanskiy district, Buryatia), on the slopes of Fofonovskaya mountain.

Fofonovo cemetery is one of the largest and most ancient burial complexes of the Baikal region. It includes three multi-time groups of burials (Neolithic, Bronze Age).

The site was discovered in 1926 by Okladnikov A. The ecavations were held by Gerasimov M. in 1936 and 1959; Okladnikov A. in 1948 and 1950; Konev V. in 1987-1991 and 1996. Nowadays the excavation have been holding under the direction of Zhambaltarova E. (since 2007).

Collection

Harpoon

A one-sided two-pronged harpoon

Axe

A small axe made of dark green nephrite

Needle-case

Not ornamented needle-case

Needle-case

An ornamented bone needle-case

Insert dagger

Composite insert tool

Fang decoration

A decoration made of split boar fang

Ring (calcite)

A volumetric ring covered with ocher on one side

Publications

Gerasimov M. M., CHernyh E. N. Raskopki Fofanovskogo mogil'nika v 1959 g. // Pervobytnaya arheologiya Sibiri. L.: Nauka, 1975. S. 23–48.

ZHambaltarova E.D., Volkov P.V. Rogovye lozhki Fofonovskogo mogil'nika // Vestnik NGU. Seriya: Istoriya, filologiya. 2016. №3.

Konev V. P. Fofanovskij mogil'nik. Novyj etap issledovaniya // Arheol., paleoekologiya i etnologiya Sib. i D. Vost. — Irkutsk, 1996.

Lbova L. V., ZHambaltarova E. D., Konev V. P. Pogrebal'nye kompleksy neolita – rannego bronzovogo veka Zabajkal'ya (formirovanie arhetipov pervobytnoj kul'tury). Novosibirsk: Izd-vo IAET SO RAN, 2008.

Okladnikov A. P. Predvaritel'nye soobshcheniya ob arheol. razvedkah v okrest. Kabanska // Buryatovedcheskij sb. — Irkutsk, 1927. — Vyp. 3—4