Archaeologists have found human remains in the Urals with an elongated skull, who lived two thousand. Years ago The science

YEKATERINBURG, July 22. / TASS /. Russian archaeologists have discovered human remains from the elongated skull, lived about 2 thousand. Years ago, during excavations at one of the cemeteries in the reserve "Arch" in the Chelyabinsk region. This was reported by the correspondent of TASS head of the museum reserve Maria Makurova Team.

"In one of the mounds, archaeologists have cleared the grave pit detected human skeleton buried This skull also has an elongated shape is most likely a woman who lived about 1800-2000 thousand years ago....", - Said the agency interlocutor.

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According to her, in the future anthropologists are engaged in the study of the remains to establish the exact age and gender. "The mound is also an iron knife were found ceramic whorl (used in spinning - TASS approx.), Small beads and fragments of ceramic jug, form which is unable to recover," - added Makurova Team.

Last year, in the territory of a burial ground II-III century AD, archaeologists have found well-preserved skeleton of a nomad with elongated skull and the remains of two men. All of them belong to the late Sarmatian - an ancient tribe that roamed the territory of modern Ukraine, Kazakhstan and southern Russia, whose representatives are deliberately pulled his skull to create a distinctive feature of the tribe. When the buried were also found iron sword, a dagger, ceramic pots, jug, knife, buckle, and wooden products.

Arch - a fortified settlement of the Bronze Age, discovered in 1987 in the south of the Chelyabinsk region in the construction of the reservoir.The settlement was created four thousand years ago, at a pre-thought-out plan, with a clear idea of ​​urban planning, sophisticated architecture.It belongs to metallurgy, weaving, pottery, animal husbandry.

In 1991, the territory of the Arkaim valley decision of the RSFSR Council of Ministers, as well as 15 other surrounding areas with archaeological sites of ancient culture declared natural reserves. Here, historical and cultural reserve "Arch" was created, which is a subdivision of the Ministry of Culture of the Chelyabinsk region and carries out the museum, security, scientific and tourist activities.

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