Сила традиции против времени и пространства на краю степного мира: взгляд с запада на происхождение афанасьевской археологической культуры
The Power of Tradition against Time and Space on the Edge of the Steppe World: A View from the West on the Origin of the Afanasievo Archaeological Culture

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the results of a search for a possible region from which representatives of the Afanasievo culture of the Early Bronze Age of Southern Siberia and Central Asia migrated. The work is based on the analysis of archaeological sources. The structure is built according to the logic of the transition from the most extensive coverage of the geographical boundaries of the Late Eneolithic and Early Bronze Cultures to narrowing the search area in different regions of southeastern Europe based on key features. These include: a stone cromlech made of dug-in slabs, pots with a round bottom with an average height of a straight top, large cauldron vessels, incense burners on a thick base or small legs. An auxiliary source of localization is the absence in the Afanasievo culture of elements characteristic of some areas of the Yamnaya community, which is generally considered as the basis for migration to the east. By comparing the materials, it was determined that the most likely migration region of the Afanasievo population is the Lower Dnieper and the adjacent region of the Ingul and Southern Bug River basins. Confirmation of the hypothesis about the source of migration to Southern Siberia and Central Asia will make it possible to use the typology of Afanasievo ceramics to expand the typology of ceramics of the Yamnaya community.

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