Поселение эпохи бронзы Балка Лисовицкого IV на Тамани: общий обзор и характеристика металлического инвентаря

Abstract

This paper presents preliminary information on the results of the investigation of 2016 at the of the Bronze Age settlement-site of Lisovitsky Balka IV on the Taman Peninsula. A three-phase periodization of the site is proposed including the following stages: the Kamenskaya culture of the final Middle Bronze Age, early and the late Sa- batinovka culture of the Late Bronze Age. The last stage is marked by the utmost activity of the occupation of the site and indications of the presence of advanced agriculture here. The paper devotes a special attention to the morphological and chemical examination of the found artefacts. The obtained results indicate a Carpathian-Balkan origin of a number of the artefacts that correlates with other indications of the migration of bearers of the culture of the Late Bronze Age to Taman from the territory of the Crimean Peninsula and North-Western Black Sea region.