Abstract
The borderland between the West Siberian Plain and the Kuznetsk-Salair mountain ridge is a narrow strip of the Mariinsk forest-steppe, which was a transit and contact area between two ancient cultural centers: one on the Upper Ob and the other on the Middle Yenisei. Archaeological finds from that area are especially interesting. One of important geographic features of the Mariinsk forest-steppe is Archekas mountain. About a dozen archaeological sites on this mountain date mostly to the Bronze and Early Iron Ages. In October 2015, several bronze items were found there: a cauldron, four arrow points, a “mirror”, a deer figurine, and a dagger, whose handle is decorated in the Scytho-Siberian style. All items are cast of stannic bronze; a small amount of arsenic is also present in certain cases. The article describes the context and the location of the find, the items, and their cultural affinities. Despite the generally Scythian appearance of all the artifacts and the wide distribution area of their parallels, we demonstrate that the assemblage belongs to the Tagar culture and, by the Tagar standards, should date to 600–400 BC. However, the artifacts resemble those manufactured in the forest-steppe periphery and were probably custom-made for the Kulai people of the taiga zone. If so, the date must be younger and fall within the 400–200 BC interval. The analysis of assemblages with cauldrons allowed us to assume that the Archekas assemblage was ritual, associated with a sanctuary.
Highlights
The borderland between the West Siberian Plain and the Kuznetsk-Salair mountain ridge is a narrow strip of the Mariinsk forest-steppe, which was a transit and contact area between two ancient cultural centers: one on the Upper Ob and the other on the
In October 2015, several bronze items were found there: a cauldron, four arrow points, a “mirror”, a deer figurine, and a dagger, whose handle is decorated in the Scytho-Siberian style
Despite the generally Scythian appearance of all the artifacts and the wide distribution area of their parallels, we demonstrate that the assemblage belongs to the Tagar culture and, by the Tagar standards, should date to [600–400] BC
Summary
Бронзовые предметы скифского времени с горы Арчекас (Кузнецкий Алатау): новые находки*. Пограничная зона между Западно-Сибирской низменностью и Кузнецко-Салаирской горной областью представляет собой узкую полосу лесостепи, которая в древности была транзитной территорией и зоной контакта народов двух крупных центров развития археологических культур – верхнеобского и среднеенисейского. На горе Арчекас был найден комплекс бронзовых предметов: котел, четыре наконечника стрел, «зеркало», фигурка оленя и кинжал, рукоять которого украшена в скифо-сибирском стиле. Discovered Bronze Artifacts of the Scythian Period from Archekas Mountain, Kuznetsk Alatau. The borderland between the West Siberian Plain and the Kuznetsk-Salair mountain ridge is a narrow strip of the Mariinsk forest-steppe, which was a transit and contact area between two ancient cultural centers: one on the Upper Ob and the other on the. Но чаще данная территория была зоной контакта разных по происхождению народов двух крупных центров развития культур – верхнеобского и среднеенисейского [Бобров, 1992, с. К числу таких находок относится комплекс бронзовых предметов, обнаруженных на горе Арчекас в Кемеровской обл., недалеко от г.
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