6th Scientific Seminar “Interdisciplinary Archaeological and Natural Scientific Investigations of Cultural Heritage Monuments: Bolgar and Sviyazhsk”

The publication features a brief summary of the results of 6th Scientific Seminar held in Kazan on February 19–20, 2017. The seminar is dedicated to interdisciplinary archaeological and natural scientific investigations conducted within the territory of Bolgar settlement and the island-fortress of Sviyazhsk. The works are conducted by the Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences within the framework of the implementation of integrated project “Cultural Heritage: the Island Town of Sviyazhsk and Ancient Bolgar”. The investigations were performed with the participation of Russian scientific institutions.The works consisted in the performance of archaeological excavations, field geophysical investigations and laboratory classification of sampled materials into palynological, paleoecological, radiocarbon, tree-ring and other laboratory studies. Besides, monuments located in vicinity of Bolgar and Sviyazhsk are comprehensively investigated. The results of these investigations are discussed at annual scientific seminars held since 2011.