Transformation of zoomorphic images on bronze trapezoidal buckles of the Koban culture
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5164-2024-5-152-164
Abstract
Aim. To analyze the images on bronze trapezoidal buckles of the Koban culture of the Central Caucasus.
Methodology. An analysis of bronze trapezoidal buckles of the Koban culture of the Central Caucasus and the images on them was carried out using historical-typological, stylistic, semiotic methods. The connection between the size and shape of the buckles and the features of the zoomorphic images on them is revealed, the main stages of their transformation and dating are determined.
Results. Images are associated with the type and size of the buckle. There are 7 types of bronze trapezoidal buckles from the 12th to 4th centuries BC.
Research implications. Belt buckles are one of the characteristic objects of Koban culture throughout its existence. Belt buckles of the Central Caucasus were published, but were not comprehensively considered. The typology and chronology of these subjects has also been studied. Analysis of buckles will make them a category of finds dating the burials or the cultural layer.
About the Authors
G. N. Kertseva
Institute of History and Archeology of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Galina N. Kertseva – Cand Sci (History), Assoc Prof, Senior Researcher, Department of Archeology,
ul. Vatutina 46, Vladikavkaz 362025
R. Yu. Kertsev
"Gera" LLC
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ruslan Yu. Kertsev – employee,
Vladikavkaz
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