Using the organic artefacts from the fourth-century BC grave at Bulhakovo in southern Ukraine, the article discusses the economics of the perishable material culture of the Scythians of the Pontic Steppe region. Thanks to the survival of organic materials (wood, leather, textiles), the burial provides important information about the complex networks of production and exchange that existed in the European Scythia. Scientific analyses produced new data regarding materials and techniques used for the production of wooden, leather and textile objects, providing an opportunity for a more nuanced discussion of their production and consumption.
The perishable material culture of the Pontic steppe Scythians: scientific investigation of a fourth century BC kurgan burial at Bulhakovo, Ukraine
Margarita Gleba
Conceptualization
2022
Abstract
Using the organic artefacts from the fourth-century BC grave at Bulhakovo in southern Ukraine, the article discusses the economics of the perishable material culture of the Scythians of the Pontic Steppe region. Thanks to the survival of organic materials (wood, leather, textiles), the burial provides important information about the complex networks of production and exchange that existed in the European Scythia. Scientific analyses produced new data regarding materials and techniques used for the production of wooden, leather and textile objects, providing an opportunity for a more nuanced discussion of their production and consumption.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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