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The metal ages and medieval period. Рубрика в журнале - Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia

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"Protecting the mistress": a plaque with an anthropomorphic representation, from Shuryshkary, Yamal-Nenets autonomous district

Brusnitsyna A.G., Fedorova N.V.

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A Central Asian helmet from the Northern Kazakhstan regional museum

Bobrov L.A., Ismailov D.M.

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A Mongolian era female headdress from the Upper Ob basin

Pozdnyakov D.V., Orozbekova Z., Shvets O.L., Ponedelchenko L.O., Marchenko Z.V., Grishin A.E., Pilipenko S.A.

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A Yakut composite bow from the Toybokhoy museum

Bravina R.I., Dyakonov V.M.

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A comparative analysis of structural and developmental trends at major Cheptsa fortified sites in the Western Urals (Idnakar, Uchkakar, and Guryakar)

Zhurbin I.V.

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A comparative study of the layout of Bronze Age fortified settlements in the Southern Urals (3rd to 1st millennia bc)

Ulchitsky O.A., Bulatova E.K., Kazaneva E.K., Veremey O.M.

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A dugout from the Don river exhibited at the State historical museum, Moscow: discovery and dating

Kashina E.A.

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A golden plaque of the Hellenistic period from Zeravshan, Uzbekistan

Borodovsky A.P.

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A half of a metal bipartite mold of the Seima-Turbino period from the Upper Irtysh region

Borodovsky A.P.

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A house model from Popudnya, Cucuteni-Tripolye culture, Ukraine: a new interpretation

Palaguta I.V., Starkova E.G.

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A late 16th to early 17th century Mongolian ceremonial helmet from the Moscow Kremlin Armoury

Bobrov L.A., Orlenko S.P.

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A method for attributing non-refitting fragments to a single artifact: the case of Bronze Age flat figurines

Kolobova K.A., Chistyakov P.V., Basova N.V., Postnov A.V., Zotkina L.V.

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A monumental horse burial in the Armenian highlands

Nachmias A., Bar-oz G., Nadel D., Petrosyan L., Gasparyan B.

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Here we report on the unprecedented discovery of the complete skeleton of a ritually interred adult stallion with a bronze ring in its mouth. The horse was buried in a unique 15-meters diameter monumental stone-built tomb excavated in the Aghavnatun necropolis located on the southern slopes of Mt. Aragats, in the northern fringes of the Ararat Depression, Republic of Armenia. The tumulus was roughly circular; the horse’s remains were found in situ, in an inner oval-shaped structure. Our methodological procedure included a detailed description of the burial, a taphonomic study of the bones, and meticulous morphometric observations and measurements, and thus we could provide a taxonomic defi nition and an age estimate. Direct radiometric dating of the horse’s skeleton provided a date of 2130±20 BP. The morphological characteristics of the horse, with its tall stature and slender feet, suggest that it was a large individual, similar to the extinct breed of Nisean horse previously known mainly from textual and iconographical sources. The metal ring found in the mouth of the horse suggests that it likely served as a breeding stallion. This discovery presents a unique combination of zooarchaeological evidence for the importance of the horse in the Parthian-Hellenistic worlds, and advances our understanding of the broad social signifi cance of the past breeding of equids in the Armenian Highlands.

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A morphological analysis of Malyshevo middle Neolithic pottery from the Lower Amur

Filatova I.V.

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A mortuary complex with animal skulls at Khankarinsky Dol, a Scythian age cemetery in the Northwestern Altai

Dashkovskiy P.K.

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This article presents a description of Khankarinsky Dol mound 34 on the left bank of the Inya River, 1–1.5 km southeast of Chineta, Krasnoshchekovsky District, Altai Territory. Excavations revealed a cist with a supine burial of a male, whose head was oriented to the east. Beyond the eastern wall of the cist, a horse cranium and three crania of sheep were placed. Features of the burial rite suggest that the burial belongs to the Korgantass type, which is distributed over the Altai-Sayan and Kazakhstan, with certain parallels in northern China. Principal categories of offerings are analyzed, including those associated with the horse. On their basis, the horse harness is reconstructed. On the basis of the typology of artifacts and radiocarbon analysis, the burial was dated to the 5th to 4th centuries BC (possibly late 5th to early 4th centuries BC). The Korgantass burials at Khankarinsky Dol and elsewhere in the Altai Mountains indicate a migration from the eastern part of the nomadic world, apparently from northern China or the Trans-Baikal region.

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