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Прорезные наконечники копий эпохи поздней бронзы Восточной Европы и сопредельных территорий
The Late Bronze Age Openwork Spearheads in Eastern Europe and Beyond

Author(s): Vadim S. Bochkarev, Indira Zh. Tutaeva
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Military history, Social history
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: North Eurasia; Late Bronze Age; spearheads; classification; typology;

Summary/Abstract: In the Late Bronze Age, the socketed two-eared or blade-looped spearheads made of bronze were widespread throughout Europe and most of Asia. Typologically, culturally and geographically they can be grouped into three series: West-European, Far-Eastern, and North-Eurasian. The latter one is the scope of this paper. By developing new classification and chronological scale for the northern Eurasian spearheads, the authors suggest a hypothesis for the genesis and further development of such weapons. These are thought to be a sort of military tokens or banners with some status meanings. The paper contains a catalog of spearhead finds discovered in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Siberia.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 167-222
  • Page Count: 56
  • Language: Russian