Kulunigiy 5 Settlement: The History of Archaeological Research and New Discoveries

Kulunigiy 5 settlement is a multi-layered monument located in the Middle Ob region, near the village of Ugut in the Surgut district of KhMAO-Yugra. The uniqueness of the monument is due to the large number and high concentration of archaeological structures on a relatively small area. Archaeological structures within the boundaries of the territory of the settlement differ in shape, size and cultural and chronological belonging. The earliest cultural layers of the monument can be attributed to the Mesolithic era, and the latest - the Middle Ages. Objective: systematization of data on the history of the archaeological study of the settlement Kulunigiy 5 and introduction to a wide scientific circulation of the main results of the discoveries of 1996-2021. Research materials: Reporting and project documentation from the branch archive of the scientific and production association «Northern Archeology-1» of Nefteyuganskand the latest scientific publications on the research topic. Results and novelty of the research: The data on the history of the archaeological study of the Kulunigy 5 settlement and their main results for the period 1996-2021 are systematized and introduced into wide scientific circulation, prospects and main directions of archaeological research are outlined on the basis of data obtained during field work.

SurgutPriobye, Western Siberia, BolshoyYugan, Kulunigy, archeology, excavations, exploration, settlement, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Early Iron Age, the Era of the Great Migration of Peoples, the Middle Ages