Ingala Valley
The Ingala Valley (Russian: Ингальская долина) is an archaeological district in the area between the Tobol and Iset rivers. It is the largest one in the south of the Tyumen Oblast, and belongs to the Iset cultural and historical province. It has 177 kurgans, 55 archaeological sites of federal significance and 5 regional natural monuments.
Ингальская долина (Russian) | |
The numbers mean: 1 - Mary's ravine, 2 - Krasnogorsky arheotop (Khripunova grave field, Lizunovo hill fort), 3 - Kolovskiy, 4 - Upper Ingalsky Borok, 5 - Lipihinskoe, 6 - Borovushki, 7 - Skorodum, 8 - Tyutrinsky grave field, 9 - Ingalinskoe, 10 - Sloboda-Beshkilskoe hill fort, 11 - Lower Ingalinskoe, 12 - Pushkarevo, 13 - Ak-Pash, 14 - Sazyk, 15 - Sosnovka, 16 - Ostrov, 17 - Buzan, 18 - Imbiryay, 19 - Ustyug, 20 - Schetkovo, 21 - Old-Lybaevo, 22 - Dvuhozernoe, 23 - Gilyova, 24 - Uk, 25 - Khokhlovskiy kurgan. | |
Shown within Continental Asia Ingala Valley (Tyumen Oblast) | |
| Location | Isetsky, Yalutorovsky, Zavodoukovsky and Uporovsky Districts (Tyumen Oblast, Russia) |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Siberia |
| Coordinates | 56°24′23″N 65°56′14″E |
| Type | Archaeological district |
| Part of | Iset cultural and historical province |
| Length | 55 km (34 mi) |
| Width | 30 km (19 mi) |
| Area | 1,500 km2 (580 sq mi) |
| History | |
| Periods | Mesolithic–Middle Ages |
| Cultures | Koshkino (6th–5th millennium BC) Sosnovka-Ostrov (5th–4th millennium BC) Boborykino (5th–4th millennium BC) Lybaevo (4th–3rd millennium BC) Andreevskoe (3rd millennium BC) Tashkovo (22nd–18th century BC) Alakul (18th–16th century BC) Fedorovo (16th–14th century BC) Tcherkascul and Pakhomovo (13th–11th century BC) Barkhatovo (11th–8th century BC) Itkul, Baitovo and Gorokhovo (8th–3rd century BC) Sargat (5th century BC–5th century AD) Bakal and Yudino (9th–15th century) |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1995–2003 |
| Archaeologists | Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt Gerhard Friedrich Müller Peter Simon Pallas Nikolay Abramov Ivan Slovtsov Axel Olai Heikel Pavel Kozhin Vladislav Mogilnikov Alexander Matveev Natalya Matveeva Eugene Volkov |
| Ownership | Public |
| Public access | Yes |
Archaeological sites in the valley date from the Mesolithic (8th–7th millennium BC) to the Middle Ages (15th century) and include marks of the Andronovo culture and Sargat culture civilizations. Some of the artifacts are stored in the State Hermitage Museum as the Siberian collection of Peter the Great; others belonged to the lost well-known private collection of Nicolaes Witsen.
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