Open AccessBuckles from Siberian jet in burials of the Xiongnu epoch of the 2nd–1st century BC in Tuva
Author(s) -
Мarina Kilunovskaya,
Pavel Leus
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
arheologičeskie vesti
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1817-6976
DOI - 10.31600/1817-6976-2020-30-223-253
Subject(s) - jet (fluid) , epoch (astronomy) , geology , archaeology , ancient history , paleontology , geography , history , physics , astrophysics , stars , thermodynamics
This paper is devoted to a rare type of archaeological finds, i. e. large buckles from Siberian jet with engraving and incrustation found at sites of the Xiongnu period over a broad territory from Manchuria to the Lower Volga region. The centre of their origin and distribution was probably in the north of Inner Asia which was the proveni- ence of the material itself for making the buckles — boghead coal or Siberian jet. Its main deposits are concentrated in the Irkutsk coalfields.