Bystry Kulyogan-38 –Bronze Age Fortified Dwelling In The Surgut Ob Area

Borzunov, V. A.; Стефанов, В. И.; Glushkov, I.G.

doi:10.1016/j.aeae.2011.08.006

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“…The preferences of the Seima-Turbino migrants for taiga became apparent at a relatively early stage. It is confirmed by the burials Tovkurt-Lor 3 on the Kazym river 22 , Satyga XVI in the Konda lowland 23 , the materials from the settlements of the Kul' egan culture of the late 3 rd millennium BC containing several bronze items of the Seima-Turbino type and the attributes of metal casting production 24 . The phenomenon of the Kul' egan culture, localized in the middle Ob area, deserves closer attention since it may offer some explanation for the early and rapid distribution of "bronze signs" into the heart of the Siberian taiga.…”

Section: Bronze Agementioning

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Information Achievements of Prehistory in the Panorama of Archaeological Cultures in the Urals and Western Siberia

Корочкова¹

2021

Vestnik SPbSU. History

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Our focus is the type of responses the population of the taiga zone of the Urals and Western Siberia gave to cognitive challenges, as well as dynamics and rhythms of information breakthroughs of the Stone-Early Iron Age. The existence of multi-directional migration corridors indicated formation of an extremely diverse anthropological, linguistic and cultural composition of the taiga pioneer population, thus creating natural communication barriers in the context of severe inter-group competition for resources. Against this background, in the Neolithic (7th–5th millenniums BC), a practice of building fortified settlements, hill-forts, and “sacrificial hills” became widespread — and that was not typical of hunters and fishermen. Erection of those complex and labor-consuming structures required mobilization of a significant number of people, as well as resources and expertise, and contributed to group consolidation in a new territory. It was that type of dramatic disruption that occurred at the turn of the 3rd and 2nd millenniums BC. Considerable changes in the way of life of the taiga population came as a direct result of the “metallurgical revolution”. The development of independent metallurgical centers in the Middle Urals traditional ideas about the inability of the population of the appropriating lifestyle to adopt transformative strategies. The northernmost regions became another watershed in the region. The turn of the Eras was marked by development in reindeer herding, which was accompanied by a series of discoveries in the fields of food production, transport development, communications, trade, and symbolic activities. Archaeological data directly indicate the formation of adequate responses and information breakthroughs to the cognitive challenges of the high latitudes of Eurasia, and explain the variety of forms of socio- ideological adaptations and evolutionary alternatives.

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Section: Bronze Agementioning

confidence: 86%

Information Achievements of Prehistory in the Panorama of Archaeological Cultures in the Urals and Western Siberia

Корочкова¹

2021

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On the lunula stone pendants and their taiga counterparts

Stefanov,

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Korochkova

2023

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The paper provides brief information about crescent-shaped or moon-shaped stone pendants from the Bronze Age sites of Southern and Western Siberia. These artifacts belong to the category of rather rare finds. Across the vast territory from Cisbaikalia in the east to the Middle Irtysh Basin in the west only about 50 such items are known from the complexes of Glazkovo, Okunevo, Elunino, Odino, Krotovo, and Stepanovo archaeo-logical cultures. In most cases, lunula pendants originate from the burial complexes. Particular attention is paid to the items associated with the archaeological cultures of the taiga zone of Western Siberia (Kulyegan, Polymyat, and Vary-Khadyta). The context of 13 finds, their raw material and shape has been characterized in detail. The items of the forest series feature small dimensions: a length from 4.7–5 to 8.5 cm and a thickness from 0.17 to 0.45 cm. In comparison with the larger artefacts of the Glazkovo, Krotovo, and Odino Cultures, the taiga pendants look like their miniature imitations. Most of the items were found in the settlements. The Eneolithic — Early Bronze Age archaeological sites of the taiga Ob Basin, whose materials contain lunula pendants, belong to the 3rd — early 2nd mil. BC. This chronological range coincides with the presence of such artifacts in the forest-steppe zone. The peculiar stone pendants are interpreted as an attribute of a new symbolism in the cultures of the forest communi-ties, introduced by the Seima-Turbino groups of the population. Migrations of the Seima-Turbino populations along the Ob and Irtysh Rivers were accompanied by the mass distribution in the taiga zone of large fortified dwellings, new types of metal tools and weapons, advanced metal production technologies, and the widespread use of tin bronzes. They explain the similarity of the pottery materials and stone inventory of the taiga and the forest-steppe sites. The discovery of stone pendants in various forest zone regions, including its Arctic outskirts, allows one to interpret them as a characteristic Siberian symbolic attribute of the Palaeometal Period.

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Bystry Kulyogan-38 –Bronze Age Fortified Dwelling In The Surgut Ob Area

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Information Achievements of Prehistory in the Panorama of Archaeological Cultures in the Urals and Western Siberia

Information Achievements of Prehistory in the Panorama of Archaeological Cultures in the Urals and Western Siberia

On the lunula stone pendants and their taiga counterparts

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