The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron AgesThis book is the first synthesis of the archaeology of the Urals and Western Siberia. It presents a comprehensive overview of the late prehistoric cultures of these regions, which are of key importance for the understanding of long-term changes in Eurasia. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, the Urals and Western Siberia are characterized by great environmental and cultural diversity which is reflected in the variety and richness of their archaeological sites. Based on the latest achievements of Russian archaeologists, this study demonstrates the temporal and geographical range of its subjects starting with a survey of the chronological sequence from the late fourth millennium BC to the early first millennium AD. Recent discoveries contribute to an understanding of issues such as the development of Eurasian metallurgy, technological and ritual innovations, pastoral nomadism and its role in Eurasian interactions, and major sociocultural fluctuations of the Bronze and Iron Ages. |
Contents
| 38 | |
Section 2 | 50 |
Section 3 | 85 |
Section 4 | 107 |
Section 5 | 117 |
Section 6 | 131 |
Section 7 | 132 |
Section 8 | 137 |
Section 11 | 177 |
Section 12 | 223 |
Section 13 | 227 |
Section 14 | 242 |
Section 15 | 243 |
Section 16 | 247 |
Section 17 | 263 |
Section 18 | 280 |
Section 9 | 143 |
Section 10 | 157 |
Section 19 | 305 |
Common terms and phrases
Abashevo culture Alakul culture Altai Andronovo cultural animal bones archaeological Arkaim arrowheads barrows burial ground cattle cemeteries centers central Kazakhstan ceramics Chernykh Chorasmia Cis-Urals complex connected construction copper decorated early eastern Europe ecological economic elite Eneolithic Eurasian nomads Eurasian steppe excavated Figure Final Bronze Age forest zone forest-steppe formation fortified settlements funeral ritual Gamayun Goldina Gorokhovo grave groups horse houses Hsiung-nu Iron Age Irtysh Irtysh River Itkul Kama Kargaly Kazakhstan Koryakova kurgan Late Bronze Age Massagetae material culture metal objects metallurgy Mezhovka migration Morgunova ornaments pastoral percent period pits population pots pottery production Pyanobor regions relations represented River Sargary Sargat Sarmatian Sauromatians scholars Scythian second millennium bc Seima-Turbino Siberia Sintashta Sintashta culture social society southern Urals Srubnaya culture stockbreeding stone structure Tairov technological territory third century BC Tobol traces tradition Trans-Uralian Trans-Urals Uralian variant western Siberia wooden Yamnaya culture Zdanovich