nscArchaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of EurasiaАрхеология, этнография и антропология Евразии1563-0110IAET SB RAS10.17746/1563-0110.2021.49.2.084-093nsc-1229Research ArticleTHE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIODЭПОХА ПАЛЕОМЕТАЛЛАThe Study of Non-Ferrous Metal Artifacts of the Early Iron Age and Medieval Cultures in the Western Amur BasinNesterovS. P.

Pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090

nesterov@archaeology.nsc.ruKolmogorovY. P.

Pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090

Pr. Akademika Koptyuga 3, Novosibirsk, 630090

Kolmogorov@igm.nsc.ruInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of SciencesRussian FederationInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of SciencesRussian Federation2021050720214928493Copyright © Nesterov S.P., Kolmogorov Y.P., 20212021Nesterov S.P., Kolmogorov Y.P.Nesterov S.P., Kolmogorov Y.P.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1229

We describe the morphological and quantitative characteristics, and the elemental composition, of 23 bronze artifacts, seven silver ones, and a gold adornment, spanning the period from late 11th century BC to 15th century AD. These items (adornments and tools) belong to the Uril and Talakan cultures of the Early Iron Age, Mikhailovka, Mohe, and Central Asian cultures of the Early Middle Ages, and the Ducher culture of the Late Middle Ages. Elemental analysis of the bronze items at the SB RAS Institute of Nuclear Physics Siberian Center for Synchrotron and Terahertz Radiation Station of Local and Scanning X-Ray Fluorescence Elemental Analysis showed that over about 2.5 thousand years, tin-lead or lead-tin bronze was used for manufacture. Also, the best convergence of concentrations of chemical elements for Talakan and Mikhailovka artifacts testifies to evolutionary continuity between the Talakan and Mikhailovka cultures. Analysis of the elemental composition of Mohe silver and gold items from the Amur basin was carried out for the first time, revealing the high purity of precious metals used for manufacturing early medieval jewelry.

Western Amur basinjewelrybronzesilvergoldelemental analysisThe authors are grateful to V.N. Zenin, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the SB RAS, for providing a bronze knife from the Ust-Ulma I site for chemical analysis; O.A. Shelomikhin, Director of the Sapunov Museum of Archaeology of the Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University, for the opportunity of using six bronze items from the Museum exhibition for comprehensive analysis; Y.V. Rakshun, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the SB RAS, for the provided beam time at the SB RAS Institute of Nuclear Physics Siberian Center for Synchrotron and Terahertz Radiation Station of Local and Scanning X-Ray Fluorescence Elemental Analysis during the above work; and to A.V. 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