A unique cultic complex of the transitional period from the Bronze Age to Early Iron Age in Western Siberia

Dated to the transitional period from the Bronze Age to Early Iron Age (fourteenth to eighth centuries BC), a unique site discovered at Tartas-1 in Western Siberia has yielded the remains of frame-and-post structures, metallurgic furnaces, votive bronze objects, pottery fragments, and animal and hum...

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Published inAntiquity Vol. 95; no. 379
Main Authors Molodin, Vyacheslav I., Selin, Dmitry V., Mylnikova, Lyudmila N., Durakov, Igor A., Efremova, Nataliya S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.02.2021
Subjects
Archaeology
Bones
Bronze Age
Ceramics
Cults
Culture
Excavation
Fragments
Furnaces
Grave goods
Historic artifacts
Human remains
Iron Age
Metallurgy
Pottery
Project Gallery
Typological analysis
Central Asia
Eurasia
Siberia
Russia
cultic complex
metallurgy
Western Siberia
Bronze Age
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Summary:Dated to the transitional period from the Bronze Age to Early Iron Age (fourteenth to eighth centuries BC), a unique site discovered at Tartas-1 in Western Siberia has yielded the remains of frame-and-post structures, metallurgic furnaces, votive bronze objects, pottery fragments, and animal and human bones. The authors argue that this site represents the first known cultic complex in Western Siberia.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.15184/aqy.2020.243