Open AccessSettlement of the Bronze Age Lisovitsky Balka IV in Taman: general view and characterisation of the metal inventory
Author(s) -
Alexey Kiyashko
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
arheologičeskie vesti
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1817-6976
DOI - 10.31600/1817-6976-2020-30-207-222
Subject(s) - bronze age , peninsula , bronze , archaeology , settlement (finance) , periodization , geography , black sea , ancient history , grave goods , history , geology , oceanography , world wide web , computer science , payment
This paper presents preliminary information on the results of the investigation of 2016 at the of the Bronze Age settlement-site of Lisovitsky Balka IV on the Taman Peninsula. A three-phase periodization of the site is proposed including the following stages: the Kamenskaya culture of the final Middle Bronze Age, early and the late Sa- batinovka culture of the Late Bronze Age. The last stage is marked by the utmost activity of the occupation of the site and indications of the presence of advanced agriculture here. The paper devotes a special attention to the morphological and chemical examination of the found artefacts. The obtained results indicate a Carpathian-Balkan origin of a number of the artefacts that correlates with other indications of the migration of bearers of the culture of the Late Bronze Age to Taman from the territory of the Crimean Peninsula and North-Western Black Sea region.