Early Nomads of the Andronovo Period

• Published in: Археология Евразийских степей
• Main Author: Igor V. Kovtun
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: State institution «Tatarstan Аcademy of Sciences» 2022
• Subjects: archaeology; andronovo culture; early nomads; semi-nomads; dwellings; settlements; baraba; kuznetsk hollow; achinsk–mariinsk forest-steppe; middle yenisei river; CC1-960; Yenisei River; ob river; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2022.2.278.282; https://doaj.org/article/370300658f4243508f2b89155b730759

The paper provides a rationale for the specific features of the economic and cultural type of the Andronovo culture population in Baraba, Novosibirsk and Tomsk Ob River region, Kuznetsk Hollow, Achinsk–Mariinsk forest-steppe and Middle Yenisei River. It states the facts of a small number of settlements and practically absolute absence of the Andronovo dwellings further north of the 53/54 parallels, to the East of Irtysh and Ob Rivers. The author features paleo-climatological conclusions of researchers about the xerothermic period which began in the Andronovo period. According to a comparison of these and other data, a conclusion was made about the transition of the Andronovo communities of Southern Siberia to nomadic or semi-nomadic model of cattle-breeding with its inherent mobility and special forms of social organization.