Caspari Gino, Sadykov Timur, Blochin Jegor, Buess Manuel, Nieberle Matthias, Balz Timo
Department of Archaeology, University of Sydney, The Quadrangle A14, 2006 Sydney, Australia.
Institute of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bern, Mittelstrasse 43, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
Sensors (Basel). 2019 Jul 11;19(14):3074. doi: 10.3390/s19143074.
This article analyses the architecture of the Early Iron Age royal burial mound Tunnug 1 in the "Siberian Valley of the Kings" in Tuva Republic, Russia. This large monument is paramount for the archaeological exploration of the early Scythian period in the Eurasian steppes, but environmental parameters make research on site difficult and require the application of a diversity of methods. We thus integrate WorldView-2 and ALOS-2 remote sensing data, geoelectric resistivity and geomagnetic survey results, photogrammetry-based DEMs, and ortho-photographs, as well as excavation in order to explore different aspects of the funerary architecture of this early nomadic monument. We find that the large royal tomb comprises of a complex internal structure of radial features and chambers, and a rich periphery of funerary and ritual structures. Geomagnetometry proved to be the most effective approach for a detailed evaluation of the funerary architecture in our case. The parallel application of several surveying methods is advisable since dataset comparison is indispensable for providing context.
本文分析了俄罗斯图瓦共和国“西伯利亚帝王谷”中早期铁器时代皇家墓葬土墩Tunnug 1的建筑结构。这座大型遗迹对于欧亚草原早期斯基泰时期的考古探索至关重要，但环境因素使得实地研究困难重重，需要运用多种方法。因此，我们整合了WorldView - 2和ALOS - 2遥感数据、地电阻率和地磁测量结果、基于摄影测量的数字高程模型（DEM）和正射影像，以及挖掘工作，以探究这座早期游牧遗迹丧葬建筑的不同方面。我们发现，这座大型皇家陵墓内部结构复杂，有呈放射状的特征和墓室，周边还有丰富的丧葬和仪式建筑。在我们的案例中，地磁测量被证明是详细评估丧葬建筑最有效的方法。由于数据集比较对于提供背景信息必不可少，因此建议并行应用多种测量方法。
