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Maryna Serheyeva

Maryna Serhiivna Serheyeva is a Ukrainian archaeologist, Candidate of Historical Sciences (PhD), senior research fellow at the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and a leading specialist in the study of ancient bone-carving craft and wood-species identification.

Overview

Maryna Serheyeva is the author of fundamental studies on the technologies of bone, antler, and wood processing among the tribes of Eastern Europe from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. She is a co-author of the monograph "Ot bronzy k zhelezu: khozyaistvo zhitelei Inkermanskoi doliny" (From Bronze to Iron: The Economy of the Inhabitants of the Inkerman Valley, 2016).

Key Details / Subtopics

  • Study of the bone-carving production at Uch-Bash: She carried out a comprehensive traceological and technological analysis of the collection of bone and antler artifacts from the excavations of the Uch-Bash settlement (Chapter 3, Section 5).
  • Classification of tools and fittings: She identified implements of labor (awls, needles, burnishers, sickle mounts, couplings), household items (bone spoons), horse harness fittings (psalia / cheek-pieces), and gaming astragali. She demonstrated the flourishing of the bone-carving workshop in the late phases of the settlement's existence.
  • Dendroanalysis of wood from Uch-Bash: She identified the wood species from the construction remains of Uch-Bash (Appendix 1), recording the use of oak, ash, hornbeam, and pine.