comPound boWS oF altai PoPulation in rouran Period (baSed on materialS From the choburak-i necroPoliS)

DOI_disc_logo https://doi.org/10.14258/tpai(2021)33(4).-07
Keywords: Altai, Bulan-Koba culture, Xianbei-Rouran time, weapons, bow, bone (horn) plates, chronology

Abstract

The article presents the publication and analysis of the compound bows of the Altai population in the Rouran period, found in the burials of the Bulan-Koby culture of the Choburak-I funeral complex. A series of objects of this site, located near the Elanda village of the Chemal district of the Altai Republic, have been explored by an archaeological expedition of the Altai State University. The authors systematized the bone (horn) bows from the burials of seven men (mounds 30, 30a, 31, 31a, 32, 34a, 38) and one adolescent (mound 29a). A comparative study of the available materials gives grounds to attribute these items to the 2nd - 5th centuries AD. A significant similarity in the design and shape of the bone (horn) parts of the published samples of hand-held throwing weapons has been noted. The obtained archaeological data demonstrate the use of long bows with symmetrical and asymmetrical base, reinforced by seven overlays, by the “Bulan-Kobins”. The study of objects recorded “in situ” testifies to the existence of the practice of placing “incomplete” (broken) bows or samples with disassembled overhead elements in the burial place among the population of Altai in the Xianbei-Rouran period. The presented materials expand the source base for a comprehensive study of long-range offensive weapons of the population of the region at the turn of the late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

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Author Biographies

N.N. Seregin, Altai State University

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Archaeology, Ethnography and Museology of the Altai State University

A.A. Tishkin, Altai State University

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Head of Department of Archaeology, Ethnography and Museology, Altai State University

S.S. Matrenin, Barnaul Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the History and Philosophy of Barnaul Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation

T.S. Parshikova, Altai State University

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Vice-Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of Altai at Altai State University

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Published
2021-12-18
How to Cite
Seregin N., Tishkin A., Matrenin S., Parshikova T. comPound boWS oF altai PoPulation in rouran Period (baSed on materialS From the choburak-i necroPoliS) // THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 2021. Vol. 33, № 4. P. 114-131 DOI: 10.14258/tpai(2021)33(4).-07. URL: http://journal.asu.ru/tpai/article/view/10754.
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Vol 33 No 4 (2021)
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MATERIAL ANALYSIS IN ARCHAEOLOGY

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