The emergence of Bronze Age chariots in eastern Europe

Antiquity ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 80 (309) ◽  
pp. 638-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.F. Kuznetsov
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Near East ◽  
Ancient History ◽  
The Urals ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
History Of

The author presents new radiocarbon dates for chariot burials found in the region between Europe and the Urals, showing them to belong to the twentieth-eighteenth centuries BCE. These early dates, which pre-empt the appearance of the war chariot in the Near East, are transforming the ancient history of Eurasia and the early Mediterranean civilisations, pointing to the Volga-Ural area as an important centre of innovation for early Europe.

Palestinian radiocarbon dating: a reply to James Mellaart

Antiquity ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 54 (210) ◽  
pp. 21-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Weinstein
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Near East ◽  
Early Bronze Age ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
As If

James Mellaart’s attempt to demonstrate a ‘high’ chronology for Egypt and the Near East for the period of c. 4000-1500 BC will undoubtedly stimulate much discussion among historians and archaeologists. He has forcefully pointed out various problems which have arisen in trying to reconcile the standard historical chronologies established between and within individual countries. It is probably true that some scholars have treated the so-called ‘middle’ chronology as if it was almost sacred, and certainly some individuals have ignored radiocarbon dates (especially calibrated dates) if they appeared to be in conflict with results obtained from traditional historical and archaeological sources. But neither these faults, nor others pointed out by the author, justify his own methods of trying to demolish the middle chronology in favour of a significantly higher one. Since elsewhere in this issue Barry Kemp is presenting a critical review of Mellaart’s Egyptian historical data, and has included some remarks on the Egyptian radiocarbon dates, I will restrict my own remarks here largely to the Palestinian radiocarbon materials, and will only comment on the Egyptian C14 dates as they pertain to Palestinian Early Bronze Age chronology.

scholarly journals First Migration of Peoples and Zarubinets Culture

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 60-78
Author(s):  
Mikhail Gusakov
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Ancient History ◽  
Internal Development ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
History Of ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Archaeological Cultures ◽  
First Time

The article is devoted to one event in ancient history, called ‘The First Migration of Peoples,’ which was studied and commented on many times when the Germanic tribes Cimbri and Teutons carried out many years of displacement in the space of Central Europe. Despite their defeat by Rome, this event caused a powerful movement of other tribes, especially towards Eastern Europe, where many new archaeological cultures were formed. Among them, a special place is occupied by the Zarubinets culture and its part in the history of Eastern Europe. The purpose of the study is to determine the place of Zarubinets culture in the history of eastern Europe. The research methodology consists in the use of general scientific, special and interdisciplinary methods. Scientific novelty. For the first time, the Zarubinets culture of Eastern Europe is considered against the background of the Western European tribe’s movement due to Roman expansion. Conclusions. The question of the Zarubinets culture's origin is still debatable. Now there is no particular objection to the opinion that the genesis of Zarubinets culture was a complex process that reflected the peculiarities of both the internal development of the local population and the effects of external circumstances, reflecting the movement of tribes in the Center for Europe.

Scripts (Research) and Ancient History of the Near East

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friedrich ◽  
Erica Reiner ◽  
Kammenhuber ◽  
Neumann ◽  
Heubeck
Keyword(s):  
Near East ◽  
Ancient History ◽  
History Of

CIMBRI AND TEUTONS OR «THE FIRST GREAT MIGRATION»

2021 ◽  
pp. 439-462
Author(s):  
М.Г. ГУСАКОВ
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Great Migration ◽  
Ancient History ◽  
Special Place ◽  
History Of ◽  
Archaeological Cultures

Статья посвящена одному событию в древней истории, которое много раз исследовалось и комментировалось, когда германские племена кимвры и тевтоны осуществили многолетнее перемещение в пространстве Центральной Европы, которое можно назвать «первым переселением народов». Они были разгромлены Римом, но это событие вызвало мощное движение других племен, особенно в сторону Восточной Европы, где образовалось много новых археологических культур. Среди них особое значение имеет зарубинецкая культура и её роль в истории Восточной Европы. The article is devoted to an event in ancient history, which has been studied and commented on many times, when the Germanic tribes of the Cimbri and Teutons carried out a long-term movement in the space of Central Europe, which can be called the “first migration of peoples”. They were defeated by Rome, but this event caused a powerful movement of other tribes, especially towards Eastern Europe, where many new archaeological cultures were formed. Among them, a special place is occupied by the Zarubinets culture and its place in the history of Eastern Europe.

The Odessa Museum of Archaeology

1995 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-79
Author(s):  
S.B. Okhotnikov
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Ancient History ◽  
Soviet Academy ◽  
Classical Archaeology ◽  
History Of ◽  
Post War ◽  
Second World

AbstractThe Odessa Museum of Archaeology was founded in 1825 by local antiquarians. The museum's collection grew in part due to excavations of classical sites in the region, in part due to gifts and purchases from dealers in classical antiquities. Up to the Second World War the focus of the Museum's activities was classical archaeology. In the post-war period this expanded to include the whole of the ancient history of the region from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages. The museum now houses one of the best collections of Classical Antiquities in the former Soviet Union and the third-ranking Egyptological collection. The museum formed from 1972 part of the Soviet Academy system and undertook fieldwork on the Lower Dniester at Bronze Age sites, as well as at classical sites such as Tyras, Nikonion, the site of the ancient Odessos, and Leuke and medieval sites such as Belgorod.

scholarly journals The Ancient History of the Near East from the Earliest Times to the Battle of Salamis

1914 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
F. W. Freiherr von Bissing ◽  
H. R. Hall ◽  
Arthur J. Evans ◽  
H. R. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Near East ◽  
Ancient History ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Metric Analysis of Permanent and Deciduous Teeth from Bronze Age Tell Leilan, Syria

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 73-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Haddow ◽  
Nancy C. Lovell
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Near East ◽  
Size Variation ◽  
Ancient Near East ◽  
Deciduous Teeth ◽  
Crown Area ◽  
Dental Reduction ◽  
History Of ◽  
Tell Leilan ◽  
Crown Dimensions

Between 1979 and 1989 the skeletal remains of 21 adults and 38 children, yielding 317 permanent and 134 deciduous teeth, were recovered at Tell Leilan, Syria, the site of a major urban center during the emergence of complex state society in northern Mesopotamia in the mid-third millennium BC. Tooth crown dimensions (faciolingual and mesiodistal diameters, total crown area, and molar crown area) are presented and the last two serve as the primary units of comparison for a diachronic interpretation of tooth size variation in the ancient Near East. Both permanent and deciduous dental data support the pattern of dental reduction since the Middle Paleolithic that has been documented for Asia and Europe. The total crown areas for the permanent and deciduous dental samples, 1189 mm2 and 497 mm2 respectively, place this archaeological population at the smaller end of the crown area scale for the Near East; smaller in size than nearby Paleolithic and Neolithic populations. Given the paucity of odontological data for this area, this study contributes to the odontometric history of Mesopotamia and as a summary compilation and comparison of previously conducted odontometric work as it relates to the phenomenon of dental reduction within the ancient Near East.

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