PRIVATE COLLECTION OF SEIMA-TURBINO BRONZES FROM THE IRTYSH: THE TRAGEDY OF A UNIQUE SITE DESTROYED BY UNAUTHORIZED EXCAVATIONS

Abstract

This article describes a private collection of bronze artifacts obtained by means of the unauthorized excavation of a presumably Bronze Age burial ground located in Omsk. Most of the artifacts (furcate spearheads, celts, daggers, and a staff top) are of the Seima-Turbino type and are highly informative. They suggest that the Odino and Krotovo people who settled in the Ob–Irtysh basin in the Bronze Age practiced a developed metallurgy and manufactured highquality weapons. Detailed descriptions of the artifacts are illustrated by photographs and drawings and parallels are discussed.

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