A medieval settlement of the 11th-12th centuries was discovered in the Aktanysh region of Tatarstan

In the Aktanysh region of Tatarstan, archaeologists discovered a medieval settlement of the 11th-12th centuries, the Republic’s Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites said.

The settlement was found 940 meters from the village of Buaz-Kul, on the left bank of the Belaya River. Its area is about 0.7 hectares. Despite the fact that the land here was plowed for centuries and was cut by a reclamation ditch in the 20th century, archaeologists managed to discover an undisturbed cultural layer.

During the excavations, fragments of medieval handmade ceramics, jewelry or costume parts made of non-ferrous metal, household items or tools made of ferrous metal, battle axes and arrowheads, elegant silver temple decoration with gilding, bronze belt overlays and rings created by masters of the Rodanian culture from the Urals were found.

Scientists gave the discovered rural settlement with an area the name “Baskul III”, since two other objects, called “Baskul I” and “Baskul II”, had already been identified in the vicinity of the Belaya River.