Tanalyk is an archaeological monument of the Bronze Age . It dates from the 15th to 14th century BC [1] . It is located 1.5 km north-east of the village of Khvorostyanskoe, Khaibullinsky district of Bashkortostan , on the cape of the root terrace of the left bank of the Tanalyk river.
Discovered in 1995 by G.N. Garustovich and A.F. Yaminov, explored by a joint expedition of the Institute of Researches , BSU , BGPI , SGPI and the National Museum of the Republic of Bashkortostan (under the direction of N. A. Mazhitov ).
Finds
About 6.5 thousand square meters were opened. About 10 dwellings of a frame-and-pillar construction, hearths , wells, economic pits were found at the settlement.
Ceramics are represented by fragments of the vessels of the Alakul culture, log cutting (without ornament or decorated with oval impressions, notches made with a smooth or comb stamp), Abashev culture , Cherkaskul culture .
In the northern and eastern parts of the monument 5 graves were found. Found products from the bone (arrowheads, punctures, polished), stone (pestles, grain laborers, maces, etc.), traces of metal processing (pieces of ore, slag, stone hammers, anvils , trowelled plates), animal bones.
The materials of the monument are stored in the National Museum of the Republic of Bashkortostan.