Vyacheslav I. Molodin^a,#, Aleksandr S. Pilipenko^b,##, Dmitry V. Pozdnyakov^a,###

^a Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
^b Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia

^#E-mail: molodin@archaeology.nsc.ru
^##E-mail: alexpil@bionet.nsc.ru
^###E-mail: dimolka@gmail.com

Keywords: ethnogenetic reconstructions, multidisciplinary research, archaeology, physical anthropology, palaeogenetics, diachronic sampling (model), sample representativeness, Bronze Age, Western Siberia, Baraba forest-steppe.

The article characterizes the current state of multidisciplinary research under the authors’ guidance focused on the objective reconstruction of ethnogenetic processes that took place in southwestern Siberia, primarily, in its forest-steppe zone (Baraba forest-steppe) during the Bronze Age. The approach used is based on the analysis of a representative diachronic sample of the ancient population by means of palaeogenetic methods with the interpretation of data in the archaeological and anthropological context of the materials from different periods. Particular attention is paid to possible directions for the development of diachronic models based on the sample representativeness and the depth of molecular genetic analysis. These directions are shown with various modern aspects of the development of the Baraba diachronic model, which was the first in Russia and one of the first similar models built and studied in the territory of Eurasia. The authors prove the necessity of continuous studies in such models as new archaeological and anthropological materials are being accumulated, moreover, there has been progress in the development of palaeogenetic methods and tools for storing, analyzing and interpreting the results of the research on such models in the form of multidisciplinary databases.

DOI: 10.31857/S0869606323010142