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Hollow animal figurines of the Verkhneobskaya culture, the Novosibirsk region

Hollow animal figurines of the Verkhneobskaya culture, the Novosibirsk region THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD DOI: 10.1134/S1563011007040056 1 2 1 T.N. Troitskaya , A.N. Savin , and O.V. Solodovskaya Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Vilyuiskaya 32, Novosibirsk, 630126, Russia Tel. (383) 268-19-92 Siberian State Transport University, Dusi Kovalchuk 191, Novosibirsk, 630049, Russia HOLLOW ANIMAL FIGURINES OF THE VERKHNEOBSKAYA CULTURE, THE NOVOSIBIRSK REGION Introduction three groups: (1) composite representations hardly associated with any particular animal; (2) real animal From the 5th – 8th cent. AD, a peculiar tradition of figurines; and (3) complex zoomorphic compositions. bronze casting existed in the northern forest-steppe belt The first group comprises three pendants representing and in the taiga zone of the Urals and Western Siberia: composite images (Fig. 2, 1 – 3). The second group the Uralo-Siberian animal style. The phenomenon has includes images of two beaver-like pendants and pipe- attracted researchers’ attention for at least a century. bead shaped like a squirrel (Fig. 2, 5 – 7). The third At the present, numerous specimens exemplifying group is represented by one complex composition this style are known, and its features and meaning (Fig. 2, 4). have been described more than once. While most Composite animal figurines. A pendant from specialists have addressed the technological http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia Springer Journals

Hollow animal figurines of the Verkhneobskaya culture, the Novosibirsk region

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2007 by T.N. Troitskaya, A.N. Savin, and O.V. Solodovskaya
Subject
Social Sciences, general; Archaeology; Regional and Cultural Studies; Anthropology
ISSN
1563-0110
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1531-832X
DOI
10.1134/S1563011007040056
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THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD DOI: 10.1134/S1563011007040056 1 2 1 T.N. Troitskaya , A.N. Savin , and O.V. Solodovskaya Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Vilyuiskaya 32, Novosibirsk, 630126, Russia Tel. (383) 268-19-92 Siberian State Transport University, Dusi Kovalchuk 191, Novosibirsk, 630049, Russia HOLLOW ANIMAL FIGURINES OF THE VERKHNEOBSKAYA CULTURE, THE NOVOSIBIRSK REGION Introduction three groups: (1) composite representations hardly associated with any particular animal; (2) real animal From the 5th – 8th cent. AD, a peculiar tradition of figurines; and (3) complex zoomorphic compositions. bronze casting existed in the northern forest-steppe belt The first group comprises three pendants representing and in the taiga zone of the Urals and Western Siberia: composite images (Fig. 2, 1 – 3). The second group the Uralo-Siberian animal style. The phenomenon has includes images of two beaver-like pendants and pipe- attracted researchers’ attention for at least a century. bead shaped like a squirrel (Fig. 2, 5 – 7). The third At the present, numerous specimens exemplifying group is represented by one complex composition this style are known, and its features and meaning (Fig. 2, 4). have been described more than once. While most Composite animal figurines. A pendant from specialists have addressed the technological

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Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of EurasiaSpringer Journals

Published: Feb 18, 2007

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