Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 38 (3) 2010

Annotation:  Three Scenarios of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition. Scenario 1: The Middle to Upper Paleo Chronology and Periodization of Upper Paleolithic Sites in Mongolia Projectile Points and their Implications The “Malta Realism”: On Interpreting Siberian Anthropomorphic Figurines from the Upper Paleolithic Private Collection of Seima-Turbino Bronzes from the Irtysh: The Tragedy of a Unique Site Destroyed Sargat Burial Sites in the Middle Irtysh Area: A Gender Analysis The Archaeological and Geophysical Study of Defense Works Yenisei Kyrgyz “Forts” in the Russian Reports of the 17th Century and the Archaeological Reality The Wusun in Northeastern Central Asia Eighteenth Century Trends in the Development of Buryat Clothing Field Trip by B.N. Gorodkov and G.M. Dmitirev-Sadovnikov to the Vakh River Valley in 1913 A Comparison of the Medieval and Modern Populations of the Novgorod Region, Based on Facial Reconst The Origin of the Late Medieval Population of the Novgorod Republic (13th–16th Centuries), Based on   

Private Collection of Seima-Turbino Bronzes from the Irtysh: The Tragedy of a Unique Site Destroyed by Unauthorized Excavations

V.I. Molodin and A.V. Neskorov.

This article describes a private collection of bronze artifacts obtained by means of the unauthorized excavation of a presumably Bronze Age burial ground located in Omsk. Most of the artifacts (furcate spearheads, celts, daggers, and a staff top) are of the Seima-Turbino type and are highly informative. They suggest that the Odino and Krotovo people who settled in the Ob–Irtysh basin in the Bronze Age practiced a developed metallurgy and manufactured highquality weapons. Detailed descriptions of the artifacts are illustrated by photographs and drawings and parallels are discussed.

Keywords: Om River, Irtysh River, Middle Bronze Age, Seima-Turbino bronzes, furcate spearheads, celts, daggers, staff tops, unauthorized excavations.