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New Data on the Cult Practices of the Population of the Southern Trans-Urals in the Late Bronze Age

Vinogradov N.B. (Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation), Hairiatdinov R.K. (Plast, Russian Federation)

UDC 902

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24852/pa2018.1.23.91.106

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This article introduces into scientific circulation new and unique materials – stone axes, obtained during examination of the settlements of the late bronze age near the town of Plast, Chelyabinsk region. The authors put forward a hypothesis about a broad distribution from Alakul population of the Southern Transurals, especially among specialists in metallurgy and metalwork cult demigod-Smith Tvashtar the Vedic tradition.

Keywords

archaeologySouthern Transuralsthe late Bronze Agestone axes Kabardino-Pyatigorsk typeAlakul cultural-historical communityTvashtar

About the author(s)

Vinogradov Nicolay B. Doctor of Historical Sciences, Assistant Professor, South Ural’s State Gumanitarian-Pedagogical University, Lenin Ave., 69, Chelyabinsk, 454080, Russian Federation; vinogradov_n@mail.ru

Hairiatdinov Ravil K. Plast's district Historical museum, Oktyabrskaia St. 56a, Plast, Chelyabinsk region, 457020 Russian Federation; muprm@mail.ru