New evidence for a bronze age date of chariot depictions in the eurasian steppes
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Two-wheeled horse-drawn chariot depictions in the Eurasian steppe have long been stylistically dated to the Bronze Age. Here we present an example of a petroglyph embedded in the architecture of an early Scythian royal tomb in the Tuva Republic, Siberia. The construction of the tomb is dated through wiggle-matching to between 833 and 800 BCE (95.4%) thus providing a rare terminus ante quem for chariot depictions in southern Siberia.The new evidence supports the current chronological range for this type of petroglyph in the Eurasian steppe belt.
Date of Publication
2020-12-08
Publication Type
Article
Language(s)
en
Series
Rock Art Research. The journal of the Australian Rock Art Research Association
Publisher
Archaeological Publications
ISSN
0813-0426
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restricted