Pages: 79-95| DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp2537995

Lamellar protective headpieces for horses from the Kuban region and the Central Ciscaucasia are divided into two types. The article analyses the Maeotian complexes, for which the period of use of headpieces is determined within the middle to the second half of the 4th — the first half of the 3rd century BC. Headpieces of both types are accompanied by finds of bridles with cross-shaped cheek-pieces of variant B, the chronology of which is based on the dating of amphorae containers. In the sites of the Central Ciscaucasia, protective headpieces are found in clusters in crypts and sanctuaries looted in antiquity, which functioned extensively from the 4th to the 2nd century BC. This material does not provide grounds for extending the period of existence of such headpieces, but may indicate their secondary use as offerings.

Keywords: Kuban region, Maeotians, Central Ciscaucasia, horse headpieces, bridles with cross-shaped cheek-devices, chronology

Information about authors:

Natalia Limberis (Krasnodar, Russian Federation). Kuban State University. Stavropolskaya St., 149, Krasnodar, 350040, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0003-0395-315X

Ivan Marchenko (Krasnodar, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Kuban State University. Stavropolskaya St., 149, Krasnodar, 350040, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-7319-5214