BULLETIN OF ARCHAEOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY  ¹ 4 (19)  (2012)

Paleoecology 

Sizov O.S., Zimina O.Yu.

Particulars of a life support system and spatial distribution regarding settlements of the Itkul culture in the Low Tobol basin (VIII–VI cc. BC)

The article presents a probable model of a life support system regarding a population of the Itkul culture from the Low Tobol basin, basing on analysis of the settlements’ spatial distribution and correlation with data of  paleogeography, geomorphology and geospatial modeling.

Low Tobol basin, transition time from Bronze Age to Iron Age, the Itkul culture, paleogeography, geomorphology, settlements’ spatial distribution, life support system.