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Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia
43 (2) 2015
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Horn Figurines from an Okunev Burial on Lake Itkul, Khakassia, Southern Siberia
A.V. Polyakov and Y.N. Esin.
Eight miniature horn fi gurines representing human-like characters and heads of birds, elk, boar, and a carnivore, were found in grave 4 at Itkol II mound 14, northern Minusinsk Basin. The burial dates to the early (Uybat) stage of the Okunev culture (second half of the 3rd millennium BC). The form and composition of certain fi gurines resemble those of Okunev steles.
Keywords: Southern Siberia, Minusinsk Basin, Bronze Age, Okunev culture, Afanasyevo culture, fi gurines, steles.