Magnetometry and susceptibility prospecting on Neolithic-early Iron Age sites at Serteya, North-West Russia

Introduction The first pile-dwelling sites in the northwest of Russia were discovered in 1963 by A.M. Miklyaev (Dolukhanov & Miklyaev, 1986; Dolukhanov et al., 2004). The Neolithic sites of Serteya were found in 1972 during land-improvement work at the small river Serteya, c. 80 km north of Smolensk and about 10 km east of the town of Velizh (left inflow of West Dvina River). Traces of two cultural layers with archaeological material were discovered at this site, evidencing a North Belarus cu...