Загробный путь киммерийской колесницы. Рентгено-флуоресцентные и масс-спектрометрические исследования конского и колесничного снаряжения из кургана Льговское в Крыму
Path to the Afterlife of the Cimmerian Chariot. X-ray Fluorescence and Mass spectrometric Studies of Horse and Chariot Equipment from the L’govskoye Burial Mound in the Crimea

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses prescription additives and traces of impurities in the alloy of an assemblage of horse harness and chariot equipment of the Cimmerian period from a barrow near the village of L’govskoe in the North-East Crimea. X-ray fluorescence analysis and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry were applied in the study. It was determined that certain alloys were used for casting objects of different functional purposes. So, all cheekpieces were cast from tin-lead bronze without arsenic, and gnawed cheekpieces — on the contrary, from arsenic or tin-arsenic bronze. Arrows in most cases are cast from Cu-Sn-Pb-As-Sb multicomponent alloy. In terms of types, the morphology of objects and metallurgical groups of alloys used, the Cimmerian assemblage fully fits into the general picture presented by researchers for the North Caucasus, the Dnieper, and the lower Don region.

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