On Some Peculiarities of Using Girth Clasps by the South Ural Area at Scythian Time

The article is devoted to the research of peculiarities of using girth clasps by the nomadic cattlebreeders living in the steppes of South Ural area in 6th-4th centuries BC. The analysis of location of metal parts of girth clasps in interments of horses, the quantity and content of these details in...

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Main Author: Vladimir N. Myshkin
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Language:English
Published: Volgograd State University 2016-12-01
Series:Нижневолжский археологический вестник
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description The article is devoted to the research of peculiarities of using girth clasps by the nomadic cattlebreeders living in the steppes of South Ural area in 6th-4th centuries BC. The analysis of location of metal parts of girth clasps in interments of horses, the quantity and content of these details in interments of people and sacrificial places proves the point about the preferable usage of girth clasps by nomads at the end of 6th-4th centuries BC, which looked like rings, horse brasses with fixed ledge-stops being perpendicular towards the plane of clasp. The left clasp consisted of two metal parts, the right – of one part. The presence, quantity and location of ledge-stops were caused by the purpose of details of clasps. The deviation from this rule is recorded. In the article probable variants of different types of parts of clasps are studied.
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spelling doaj.art-51e99ccf3b324e928089a082e884e3e62022-12-21T22:32:22ZengVolgograd State UniversityНижневолжский археологический вестник2587-81232658-59952016-12-0115142110.15688/nav.jvolsu.2016.1.1On Some Peculiarities of Using Girth Clasps by the South Ural Area at Scythian TimeVladimir N. Myshkin0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3489-6776Samara State University of Social Sciences and EducationThe article is devoted to the research of peculiarities of using girth clasps by the nomadic cattlebreeders living in the steppes of South Ural area in 6th-4th centuries BC. The analysis of location of metal parts of girth clasps in interments of horses, the quantity and content of these details in interments of people and sacrificial places proves the point about the preferable usage of girth clasps by nomads at the end of 6th-4th centuries BC, which looked like rings, horse brasses with fixed ledge-stops being perpendicular towards the plane of clasp. The left clasp consisted of two metal parts, the right – of one part. The presence, quantity and location of ledge-stops were caused by the purpose of details of clasps. The deviation from this rule is recorded. In the article probable variants of different types of parts of clasps are studied.https://nav.jvolsu.com/index.php/en/component/attachments/download/44south ural areaearly iron agenomadsburial moundshorse manhoodharnessgirth clasps
spellingShingle Vladimir N. Myshkin
On Some Peculiarities of Using Girth Clasps by the South Ural Area at Scythian Time
Нижневолжский археологический вестник
south ural area
early iron age
nomads
burial mounds
horse manhood
harness
girth clasps
title On Some Peculiarities of Using Girth Clasps by the South Ural Area at Scythian Time
title_full On Some Peculiarities of Using Girth Clasps by the South Ural Area at Scythian Time
title_fullStr On Some Peculiarities of Using Girth Clasps by the South Ural Area at Scythian Time
title_full_unstemmed On Some Peculiarities of Using Girth Clasps by the South Ural Area at Scythian Time
title_short On Some Peculiarities of Using Girth Clasps by the South Ural Area at Scythian Time
title_sort on some peculiarities of using girth clasps by the south ural area at scythian time
topic south ural area
early iron age
nomads
burial mounds
horse manhood
harness
girth clasps
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