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Ancient DNA analysis of elite nomadic warrior from Chinge-Tey I funerary commemorative complex in the “Valley of the Kings”, Tuva [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Genomics
Background In the Ist millennium BC bearers of the Scythian-type nomadic cultures inhabited the steppes of Eurasia, from Northern China to the Carpathians.
Artem Nedoluzhko   +17 more
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Scythian Jewelry Meshes and the Problem of Their Interpretation

open access: yesArts
This article explores the phenomenon of a specific type of personal adornment worn by members of the Scythian elite in the North Black Sea region in the second half of the 5th century and throughout the 4th century BCE.
Oksana Lifantii
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Origin of the Scythians of the Northern Black Sea Region: Issues, Hypotheses and Prospects

open access: yesПоволжская археология, 2022
At the current stage of Scythology, numerous studies of archaeological monuments have been carried out, their historical and cultural interpretation has been given; zones of move- ment and regions that did not have a permanent population were determined;
Dobrovolskyi Liubomyr S.   +3 more
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Torques from the 3rd century BCE Scythian graves in the North-West Black Sea region [PDF]

open access: yesМатериалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Причерноморья, 2022
One representative of these personal ornaments was found in a catacomb grave on the left bank of the Lower Danube, the other two were recovered in graves on the left bank of the Lower Dniester.
O.A. Zakordonets
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Looking at the Evidence of Local Jewelry Production in Scythia

open access: yesArts, 2023
This article considers finds from the Scythian monuments of the North Black Sea area that can be connected to local jewelry production from the 7th century to the end of the 4th century BCE.
Oksana Lifantii
doaj   +1 more source

LATE SCYTHIAN CULTURE OF THE LOWER DNIEPER: THE ISSUE OF ORIGIN

open access: yesJournal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2022
The hypothesis of the origin of Lower Dnieper variant of the Late Scythian culture is discussed in the paper. It is assumed that the Scythian population, who has built the hillforts along the banks of the Lower Dnieper, moved there around mid-2nd century
Aleksandr Symonenko
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The cultures of the Early Iron Age in China as a part of the Scythian World

open access: yesМатериалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Причерноморья, 2021
Based on archaeological and written sources, the authors characterizes the two ethno cultural regions of the 9th — 3rd centuries BCE that developed in the east of the Scythian world — in Xinjiang and North China.
Shulga, P.I. , Shulga, D.P.
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Pre-Scythian time graves in the barrow of the “Plavni” (“Overflow”) group on the Lower Dniester region

open access: yesМатериалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Причерноморья, 2021
Two graves of the Pre-Scythian period (Chernogorovka culture) from the barrow 1 of the “Plavni” (“Overflow”) group near the Glinoe village, Slobodzeya district, are considered on the broad background of analogies.
Valchak, S.B.   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal genetic features of the Iron Age Tagar population from Southern Siberia (1st millennium BC). [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
Early nomads in the Eurasian steppes since the beginning of the 1st millennium BC played a key role in the formation of the cultural and genetic landscape of populations of a significant part of Eurasia, from Eastern Europe to Eastern Central Asia ...
Aleksandr S Pilipenko   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scythian Bracelets and Rings with Protrusions from the Cemetery Near Glinoe Village

open access: yesНижневолжский археологический вестник, 2021
The article examines bracelets and rings of the La-Tene style from Scythian burials of the cemetery near the Glinoe village, Slobozeya district, on the left bank of the Dniester. Bracelets were found in three burials belonging to different kurgan groups (
Svetlana S. Lysenko
doaj   +1 more source

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