Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 35 (3) 2008

Annotation:  Sergeyevka-1: Neolithic Site in the Khanka Plain, and the Typology of Middle Neolithic Sites in Pri Cultural Change during the Late Prehistoric Period in Southern Primorye (Based on Archaeological Ev Formation of the Eurasian “Steppe Belt” of Stockbreeding Cultures: Viewed through the Prism of Arch Stages in the Settlement History of Chicha-1: The Results of Ceramic Analysis New Early Iron Age Culture in the Southern Taiga Zone of Central Siberia Prospects for Correlating Radiocarbon and Archaeological Chronologies of the Scythian and Hunno- Sa The Role of Migration in the Evolution of the Andronov Community The Bear Image in Western Siberian Art of the 2nd Millennium BC and its Relevance for Delimiting the Ethnic and Cultural Functions of Name in Traditional Japanese Society G.I. Choros-Gurkin’s Archaeological and Ethnographic Drawings at the National Museum of the Altai R Eco-museums in Siberia as Centers for Ethnic and Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Natural Envi Cranial Characteristics of the Saka Populations of the Eastern Pamirs   

The Role of Migration in the Evolution of the Andronov Community

N.A. Tkacheva and A.A. Tkachev.

The article explores new approaches to the study of the Andronov culture, with special reference to migration. Archaeological data from a vast territory over the steppes between the Urals and the Yenisei suggest that migration was a key factor in population history. In the Middle Bronze Age, two migration waves from the Irtysh River basin, Kazakhstan, have been reconstructed. The fi rst of them led to the convergence of groups representing various cultures, and eventually to the emergence of the Andronov community; the second wave not only brought about the territorial expansion of the Andronov traditions, but also provided a basis for the emergence of Late Bronze Age rolled pottery and Andronov-type cultures.