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СпутникиРНSpaceXРоскосмосNASA September 30th, archaeologists from scientific centres and universities of Chelyabinsk gathered together at the Public Meeting House of the State Museum of the South Ural History. They summed up the results of the summer research season. Besides the researchers of the prehistoric past, our city’s mass media journalists were also among the attendees.
It was for the first time that an unusual format of press screening was chosen for this event. Archaeologists delivered their reports, while the exhibits presented the most recent artefacts discovered this summer: pottery, stone tools, and casting work.
The event’s guests had a unique chance to be the first to learn about the finds. After the press screening, the objects will be returned to archaeological laboratories to be examined using the methods of modern science (radiocarbon and isotope analysis) and described. The results will be published, and only after that these items will become open to public and be exhibited in museums.
Deputy Director of the SUSU Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities Andrey Epimakhov acted as one of the hosts of the press screening. Among the event’s participants also were SUSU staff members: Director of the Eurasian Studies Research and Education Centre Aleksandr Tairov, and young scientists Kseniia Margarian and Nataliia Batanina.
“The passed season turned out to be fruitful. Though, each year brings its own sorts of discoveries,” shared Deputy Director of the SUSU Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities Andrey Epimakhov. “These discoveries are not always sensational or something that wide audience could easily understand. However, luckily, this year has brought such finds that we should congratulate our colleagues on. We’re happy that they have managed to discover such things. And it’s still early to stop here. As practice shows, there are always some aspects that need improvement or more comprehensive study, and most important, a better substantiation of our conclusions.”
Andrey Epimakhov himself delivered a report on “A Discovery in a Sunflower Field. The Cultural Background of Starodubtseva Pit Mine”. He not simply talked about the finds, but turned his presentation into a fascinating methodological narration about the process of archaeological searching, and what mistakes can be made that could result in deviation from the right path. In case of Starodubtseva Pit mine (Starodubtseva Yama), discovered amid a sunflower field, the flowers if beautiful were a nuisance that hindered the aerial orthophotography survey required to build the excavation strategy. Eventually, the archaeologists did manage to find artefacts and traces of mires’ activity of the final stage of the Bronze Age.
A young archaeologist Polina Ankusheva, collaborating both with Andrey Epimakhov and with SUSU, presented the results of her work at Thieves’ Pit mine (Vorovskaya Yama). SUSU is directly related to this project, we have already introduced it to our readers as an ancient “settlement and factory”, where traces of household activity mix with ancient mines and smelt slag.
The majority of the reports touched upon the Bronze Age finds – most well-studied archaeological area in the South Ural region. Indeed, it yielded lots of mysteries and mini sensations, such as the discovery of Sintashta culture at Shibaevo, 150 kilometres off the “Land of Towns” that includes both Sintashta and Arkaim, or the found whip handle with Crete-Mycenaean ornaments. Stone menhirs (it was important to choose the excavation area around these properly) also kept their secrets, along with stone axes, and Timber-grave culture vessels, discovered in the burial mound right next to Alakul culture vessels.
Among the presented finds also were items of the 18th-19th century, a pre-revolution past of Chelyabinsk: remnants of crockery ware, combs, and smoking pipes.
The “Finds and Discoveries of the 2026 Archaeological Season” press screening became a sensation among the local mass media. We hope that this event will become a good tradition.
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Author: Ostap Davydov
September 30th, archaeologists from scientific centres and universities of Chelyabinsk gathered together at the Public Meeting House of the State Museum of the South Ural History. They summed up the results of the summer research season. Besides the researchers of the prehistoric past, our city’s mass media journalists were also among the attendees.
It was for the first time that an unusual format of press screening was chosen for this event. Archaeologists delivered their reports, while the exhibits presented the most recent artefacts discovered this summer: pottery, stone tools, and casting work.
The event’s guests had a unique chance to be the first to learn about the finds. After the press screening, the objects will be returned to archaeological laboratories to be examined using the methods of modern science (radiocarbon and isotope analysis) and described. The results will be published, and only after that these items will become open to public and be exhibited in museums.
Deputy Director of the SUSU Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities Andrey Epimakhov acted as one of the hosts of the press screening. Among the event’s participants also were SUSU staff members: Director of the Eurasian Studies Research and Education Centre Aleksandr Tairov, and young scientists Kseniia Margarian and Nataliia Batanina.
“The passed season turned out to be fruitful. Though, each year brings its own sorts of discoveries,” shared Deputy Director of the SUSU Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities Andrey Epimakhov. “These discoveries are not always sensational or something that wide audience could easily understand. However, luckily, this year has brought such finds that we should congratulate our colleagues on. We’re happy that they have managed to discover such things. And it’s still early to stop here. As practice shows, there are always some aspects that need improvement or more comprehensive study, and most important, a better substantiation of our conclusions.”
Andrey Epimakhov himself delivered a report on “A Discovery in a Sunflower Field. The Cultural Background of Starodubtseva Pit Mine”. He not simply talked about the finds, but turned his presentation into a fascinating methodological narration about the process of archaeological searching, and what mistakes can be made that could result in deviation from the right path. In case of Starodubtseva Pit mine (Starodubtseva Yama), discovered amid a sunflower field, the flowers if beautiful were a nuisance that hindered the aerial orthophotography survey required to build the excavation strategy. Eventually, the archaeologists did manage to find artefacts and traces of mires’ activity of the final stage of the Bronze Age.
A young archaeologist Polina Ankusheva, collaborating both with Andrey Epimakhov and with SUSU, presented the results of her work at Thieves’ Pit mine (Vorovskaya Yama). SUSU is directly related to this project, we have already introduced it to our readers as an ancient “settlement and factory”, where traces of household activity mix with ancient mines and smelt slag.
The majority of the reports touched upon the Bronze Age finds – most well-studied archaeological area in the South Ural region. Indeed, it yielded lots of mysteries and mini sensations, such as the discovery of Sintashta culture at Shibaevo, 150 kilometres off the “Land of Towns” that includes both Sintashta and Arkaim, or the found whip handle with Crete-Mycenaean ornaments. Stone menhirs (it was important to choose the excavation area around these properly) also kept their secrets, along with stone axes, and Timber-grave culture vessels, discovered in the burial mound right next to Alakul culture vessels.
Among the presented finds also were items of the 18th-19th century, a pre-revolution past of Chelyabinsk: remnants of crockery ware, combs, and smoking pipes.
The “Finds and Discoveries of the 2026 Archaeological Season” press screening became a sensation among the local mass media. We hope that this event will become a good tradition.