Axes in the Funerary Ceremonies of the Northern Pontic Scythians
Arts, 2023 Axes were rare among the Scythians but are occasionally found in Scythian kurgans. Like other weapons, axes had practical as well as social and religious roles.
Marina Daragan
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Ancient genomic time transect from the Central Asian Steppe unravels the history of the Scythians [PDF]
Science Advances, 2021 Ancient genomic time-transect across the Central Asian Steppe sheds new light onto the origins and demise of the Scythians. The Scythians were a multitude of horse-warrior nomad cultures dwelling in the Eurasian steppe during the first millennium BCE ...
Guido Alberto Gnecchi Ruscone +2 more
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Human and animal skin identified by palaeoproteomics in Scythian leather objects from Ukraine. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Leather was one of the most important materials of nomadic Scythians, used for clothing, shoes, and quivers, amongst other objects. However, our knowledge regarding the specific animal species used in Scythian leather production remains limited.
Luise Ørsted Brandt +4 more
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“Ethnicity” of the Scythians: Problems in the Aspects of Ontology and Gnoseology [PDF]
Гуманитарный вектор, 2022 The work is devoted to the problem of the archaeological definition of the ethnos in connection with the range of questions of the genesis of the Scythians and their anthropological composition in connection with the eastern migration impulses.
Lubomir S. Dobrovolskiy1 +2 more
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Paleo-proteomic analysis of Iron Age dental calculus provides direct evidence of Scythian reliance on ruminant dairy. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe Scythians, often described as mounted horse-back warriors of the Iron Age steppe with lavish burial goods, have attracted increasing scientific interest over the past years. Recent genetic and multi-isotopic studies have uncovered that the 'Scythians'
Jaruschka Pecnik +12 more
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Diverse origin of mitochondrial lineages in Iron Age Black Sea Scythians. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2017 Scythians were nomadic and semi-nomadic people that ruled the Eurasian steppe during much of the first millennium BCE. While having been extensively studied by archaeology, very little is known about their genetic identity.
Juras A +12 more
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Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine, 2020 The numerous Scythian (broadly speaking) artifacts have been discovered in the Urartian fortresses Ayanis and Karmir-Blur. They include the weapons (bronze socketed arrowheads), trappings (iron and bone cheekpieces, harness fittings, etc.), and objects decorated in the Scythian animal style. These findings is the important source of archaeological data
S. Makhortykh
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A Critique and Review on the Book Scythians Warriors of Ancient Siberia [PDF]
پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی, 2021 The Scythians tribes were one of the nomadic tribes inhabiting large areas in the central Eurasian steppes from about the 9th century BC up until the 4th century AD.
Shahin Aryamanesh, Sorour Khorashadi
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Herodotus’ stories about Anacharsis and Scyles: Scythians and xeinika nomaia (Hdt. IV.76–80) [PDF]
Античный мир и археология, 2023 Herodotus’ logos about Scythians and ξεινικὰ νόμαια – amusing and ominous, as is typical of him, yet insightful – consists of two stories about the sad lots of Anacharsis ...
Sinitsyn, Alexandr Alexandrovich
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The hoard from the Stroentsy fortified settlement on the left bank of the Middle Dniester [PDF]
Материалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Причерноморья, 2022 In 2018, an Early Iron Age hoard was discovered in the expanse of fortified settlement near Stroentsy in Rybnitsa district. The hoard consisted of at least eight objects of bronze and silver, with personal ornaments (three bracelets, paired earrings, and
Fidelski, S.A.
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