Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / A Rare Modification of the Compound Bow in the Beginning of the Early Middle Ages from the Northern Foothills of Altai

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Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2024 17 (9)
Authors
Seregin, Nikolay N.; Matrenin, Sergei S.; Stepanova, Nadezhda F.
Contact information
Seregin, Nikolay N. : Altai State University Barnaul, Russian Federation; nikolay‑; ORCID: 0000‑0002‑8051‑7127; Matrenin, Sergei S.: Altai State University Barnaul, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000‑0001‑7752‑2470; Stepanova, Nadezhda F. : Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the RAS Novosibirsk, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000‑0003‑4017‑5641
Keywords
Altai; early Middle Ages; compound bow; burial; chronology; necropolis
Abstract

The article presents the publication and a comprehensive description of the compound bow discovered in grave 1 of the Gorny‑10 necropolis. Excavations at this complex, located in the Krasnogorsk region of the Altai Territory, on the right bank of the Isha river, implemented in 2000–2002 by archaeological expedition of Altai State University and “Heritage” center. Taking into account the significant volume of obtained materials and their information content, the Gorny‑10 burial ground is today the basic site of the beginning of the early Middle Ages in the south of Western Siberia. The analyzed compound bow was found in the burial of a man 40–65 years old. The set included six bone overlays: two pairs of end ones (front and back) for the upper and lower horns and two middle lateral ones. It has been established that this bow belongs to a very rare modification of the product. Judging by the available materials, such examples of hand‑held throwing weapons first appeared among the early medieval Turks and became the basis for the formation of a special line of development of compound bows among the peoples of the steppe strip of Eurasia. The dating of the find in question is determined within the broad framework of the second half of the 6th – first half of the 8th centuries AD. The discovery of a single original bow in a burial of the Turkic Khaganates period may be due to the specific origin of the man to whom it belonged, the characteristics of his physical condition, or a certain lifetime status of the deceased person

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1714–1722
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https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/153761

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