The unique all-bronze axe from the village of Gostagaevskaya
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5164-2024-5-202-211
Abstract
Aim. To conduct a comprehensive study of the axe-klevets found in the village of Gostagaevskaya.
Methodology. A cultural and typological analysis of the find was carried out, and an X-ray fluorescence analysis of the metal was performed.
Results. The place of axe-klevets in the system of antiquities of the Caucasus of the Early Scythian period has been determined. The composition of the metal from which the product was cast is established, the technological features of its manufacture are revealed.
Research implications. The study of the find was carried out on a new source basis, involving a wide range of the latest archaeological finds. For the first time, an X-ray fluorescence analysis of an allbronze weapon of the Early Scythian era was carried out.
Keywords
axe-klevets,
early Scythians,
Caucasus,
Near Asian campaigns,
X-ray fluorescence analysis,
tin-lead bronze
Supporting agencies: The research was carried out with the support of the Russian Federation represented by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia within the framework of the Agreement on the provision of a grant from the federal budget in the form of subsidy No. 075-15-2023-010 dated 02/21/2023 (15.SYN.21.0024).
About the Authors
A. M. Novichikhin
Anapa Archaeological Museum
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey M. Novichikhin – Cand Sci (History), Senior Researcher, Department of Archaeology,
ul. Nabereghnaya 4, Anapa 354440
T. N. Smekalova
V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tatyana N. Smekalova – Dr Sci (History), Department Head, Department of Natural Science Methods in Archaeology of Crimea, Research Center for History and Archaeology of Crimea,
prosp. Academika Vernadskogo 4, Simferopol 295007
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