Origin and Evolution of the Earliest Iron-Smelting Technologies in the Khakass-Minusinsk Basin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6037248 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Petr B Amzarakov (0000-0003-4094-9459, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 127-137 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1563-0110 • E-ISSN: 1531-832X |
| Publisher | Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17746/1563-0110.2023.51.1.127-137 |
| OpenAlex | W4362669029 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The Khakass-Minusinsk Basin is archaeologically one of the best studied regions of Russia. Bronze artifacts from the pre-Scythian and Scythian epoch from that area are famous worldwide. However, iron production appears rather late there. From 2009 to 2018, a joint Russian-Japanese expedition excavated several sites documenting the earliest iron manufacture in the Khakass-Minusinsk Basin. On the basis of these excavations and experiments, metallurgical technology was reconstructed. The results suggest an evolutionary model of metal production in the Khakass-Minusinsk Basin during the Xiongnu-Sarmatian period. Three types of iron-smelting furnaces are described, structurally differing in terms of air-blasting and slag removal. The conclusion is made that the initial iron production technology had been borrowed, and later evolved in situ
Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Excavation · Iron Age · Metallurgy · Period (music · Slag (welding · Smelting · Structural basin · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction · Materials Science · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts · Geology · History · Paleontology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |