Subsistence pattern of the Primorye population in the period of the Ming dynasty (based on the results of studying the settlements of Malinovka 1 and 2)

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The article features a comprehensive study of the Malinovka 1 and Malinovka 2 settlements in Primorsky Territory, which date back to the Ming Dynasty (mid-16th century) – a period that is actually a «blank spot» in the archaeology of the region. A complex study of the materials from the sites including application of natural science methods made it possible to characterize the subsistence pattern of the population in the Bolshaya Ussurka River basin during the Late Middle Ages. This study is the first to apply spore-pollen analysis for that historical period in the region to obtain information on the climatic conditions and surrounding vegetation during the functioning of the settlements, as well as on economic activity and possible anthropogenic impact on the landscape. Based on the analysis of the planigraphy, stratigraphy of the sites, a complex of artifacts and ecofacts, it was established that the settlements functioned as seasonal camps associated with fishing and related activities. An assumption was made about the existence of developed polycultural agriculture in the subsistence system of the population determining the way of life and suggesting the presence of settlements with corresponding agricultural plots in their settlement pattern.

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Ya. E. Anzulis

Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East of the Far Eastern Branch of the RAS

Author for correspondence.
Email: 7yana7@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Vladivostok

Elena A. Sergusheva

Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East of the Far Eastern Branch of the RAS

Email: lenasergu@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Vladivostok

N. A. Dorofeeva

Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East of the Far Eastern Branch of the RAS

Email: dnaal@list.ru
Russian Federation, Vladivostok

S. D. Prokopets

Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East of the Far Eastern Branch of the RAS

Email: stas842005@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Vladivostok

I. V. Belova

Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East of the Far Eastern Branch of the RAS

Email: irceo@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Vladivostok

D. M. Belov

Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East of the Far Eastern Branch of the RAS

Email: belov-dmitrii@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Vladivostok

E. Yu. Shapovalov

Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East of the Far Eastern Branch of the RAS

Email: panzeriii@inbox.ru
Russian Federation, Vladivostok

N. L. Svistov

Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East of the Far Eastern Branch of the RAS

Email: svistov_n.l@bk.ru
Russian Federation, Vladivostok

A. V. Balagurova

Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East of the Far Eastern Branch of the RAS

Email: balagurovaleksandra@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Vladivostok

M. S. Lyashchevskaya

Pacific Institute of Geography of the Far Eastern Branch of the RAS

Email: lyshevskay@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Vladivostok

V. B. Bazarova

Pacific Institute of Geography of the Far Eastern Branch of the RAS

Email: bazarova@tigdvo.ru
Russian Federation, Vladivostok

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2. Fig. 1. The location of the Malinovka 1 and Malinovka 2 sites.

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3. Fig. 2. The Malinovka 1 settlement. Plans and cross-sections of excavation pits.

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4. Fig. 3. The Malinovka 2 settlement. A plan and a cross-section of the excavation pit.

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5. Fig. 4. Clay weights from the settlements of Malinovka 1 (1–12) and Malinovka 2 (13–21).

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6. Fig. 5. Whet stones from the settlements of Malinovka 1 (1, 2, fragments) and Malinovka 2 (3, 4).

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7. Fig. 6. Iron products (1–7) and ceramic smelting ladles (8–10) from the settlements of Malinovka 1 and 2. 1–3, 8 – Malinovka 1; 4–7; 9, 10 (fragments) – Malinovka 2.

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8. Fig. 7. Archaeobotanical materials from the sites of Malinovka 1 and Malinovka 2.

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9. Fig. 8. Malinovka 2. A spore-pollen diagram of the sediment column from the edge of excavation S. 5, sq. G-12.

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