MIDDLE TRANS-URALS AND WESTERN SIBERIA: FROM THE STONE AGE OF TO THE METAL AGE

• Published in: Povolzhskaya Arkheologiya (The Volga River Region Archaeology)
• Main Author: Olga, K. N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan, A.Kh. Khalikov Archaeology Institute 2023
• Subjects: ABASHEVO; ALAKUL; ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; KOPTYAKOVO; KULEGAN CULTURE; METAL PRODUCTION; SEIMA-TURBINO; TAIGA; TASHKOVO; taiga; Siberia
• Online Access: http://elar.urfu.ru/handle/10995/131005; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85178162276&doi=10.24852%2fpa2023.3.45.70.83&partnerID=40&md5=de6603f818b75e00e0825373eaa415e2; http://archaeologie.pro/download/45/5.pdf; https://doi.org/10.24852/pa2023.3.45.70.83

The article deals with the peculiarities of formation processes of the Bronze Age among the population of hunters and fishermen of the mountain-forest Trans-Urals and the West Siberian taiga at the end of III – beginning of II millennium BC. The transition to the Era of Metal in both Trans-Urals and Western Siberia occurred under the direct influence of foreign cultural groups of the population, though under different scenarios. The traditions of bronze metal production, associated with the penetration of the bearers of the Seimа-Turbino traditions deep into the taiga, have not taken root in the taiga of Western Siberia. In the Middle Trans-Urals, which was rich in copper ore deposits, an independent mining center was formed. This phenomenon was caused by close integration of the main actors of the Bronze Age of the Urals and Western Siberia – groups of the Seima-Turbino traditions and pastoralists of the steppe zone, who cultivated a pastoral model of metal production. © 2023 Academy of Sciences of Tatarstan, A.Kh. Khalikov Archaeology Institute. All rights reserved. Russian Science Foundation, RSF: 21-78-20015 The work was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation 21-78-20015 "Technologies of mining and metallurgical production of the Bronze Age in the evolution of the cultural-historical landscape of the Ural region"