Sunghir

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkbp:age about 34,000 years old
gptkbp:childrenBurialGraveGoods decorated clothing
fox canines
ivory spears
thousands of ivory beads
gptkbp:childrenBuriedHeadToHead true
gptkbp:contains grave goods
pendants
red ochre
human burials
ivory spears
mammoth ivory beads
gptkbp:culture gptkb:Gravettian
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1955
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Otto_N._Bader
gptkbp:findAGraveID at least 5
gptkbp:geneticStudies show no close kinship between children
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sunghir
gptkbp:latitude 56.2 N
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:locatedNear gptkb:Vladimir
gptkbp:longitude 40.5 E
gptkbp:notableBurials gptkb:adult_male_(Sunghir_1)
gptkb:two_children_(Sunghir_2_and_3)
gptkbp:notableFor evidence of social complexity
richly furnished burials
well-preserved human remains
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:embroidery
bone tools
pendants
red ochre
animal figurines
shell beads
amber beads
decorated clothing
engraved objects
flint implements
ivory disc
ivory rods
mammoth ivory bracelet
ochre-stained bones
perforated animal teeth
spear points
gptkbp:period gptkb:Gravettian
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:Vladimir-Suzdal_Museum-Reserve
gptkbp:significance early use of personal ornamentation
evidence of long-distance exchange
evidence of ritual burial
insight into Upper Paleolithic social structure
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus gptkb:list
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gravettian
gptkb:Late_Pleistocene
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6