Military Clothes from the Elite Burials of the Sargatka Culture (Western Siberia) Cover Image
  • Price 4.90 €

Воинские облачения из элитных погребений саргатской культуры (Западная Сибирь)
Military Clothes from the Elite Burials of the Sargatka Culture (Western Siberia)

Author(s): Natalia P. Matveeva, Maria M. Prokonova
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Cultural history, Military history, Social history
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Western Siberia; Early Iron Age; Sargatka culture; military clothes and armament; reconstruction;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents hypothetical reconstructions of warrior clothes and ways of fastening armament. The sources of the study include the Krasnogorskiy-1, Yazevskiy-3, Sidorovka, Isakovka-1 burial grounds. The set of vestments consisted of a silk shirt, a caftan decorated with embroidery and metal stripes, pants of coarse cloth or suede and soft leather or fabric boots with straps. Headdresses are represented by a hood and a cap with lapels. The sword and dagger were put into the hands of the deceased. Horn or iron plate armor consisted of shirt with shoulders or short waistcoats was sewn on a leather base. They were placed in the grave to the right of the deceased, along with a sword belt, a helmet, an axe or a spear that constituted a set of heavy armament. Reconstructions show the presence of commanders and heroes in all periods of Sargatka culture’s history, some of which performed religious functions.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 37-50
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Russian