Set of Metal Products Made of Iron from the Beginning of the 2nd Millennium AD from the Outskirts of the Yeniseisk City
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article analyzes a complex of iron items, which discovered in 1961 in the vicinity of the Yeniseisk city. These are five arrowheads and a Y-shaped object of unknown purpose. These items were discovered by excavator workers on the left bank of the river Yenisei, in the Baikal village. They lay together at a depth of 40–50 cm. The article makes the assumption that the iron objects were part of a destroyed cremation burial. There are traces of exposure to fire in the items. The things were transferred to the Yenisei Museum, where they are currently stored. There are two types of arrowheads. Three arrowheads are wide-blade, flat things. Such objects are specific of the Mongol period and are found in many regions of Eurasia. Two arrowheads are long, armor-piercing, with spikes. Such products were used by the folks of the region and are practically unknown outside. A similar arrowhead was discovered in Yamal. An Y-shaped object of unknown purpose has a number of analogies in the complexes of the Lower Angara region and in the Yenisei taiga zone. These items are also practically not found in neighboring regions. The object of a similar shape was discovered in the Surgut Ob region. In the article the conclusion is making, that complex belongs to the late stage of the Lesosibirsk culture and can be dated back to the 13th – 14th centuries AD.
Authors: P. O. Senotrusova, K. V. Biryuleva
Institution: Siberian Federal University
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409515827