Pages: 17-60

The author presents a database of Maykop-Novosvobodnaya-Banyabik type axes from the Caucasus and Trans-Volga to the Carpathian and Danube Region as of 2018. Barrows, settlements, and accidental discoveries are reported to yield the total of 249 axe tools and casting moulds. Each listed item includes site address, discovery circumstances and conditions, descriptions and measurements and weights of the axe finds, chemical compositions of metals and alloys, and detailed references. The catalogue is supplemented with a map of sites’ distribution and tables with pictures of all finds.

Keywords: Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Carpathian and Danube Region, Early Bronze Age, Maykop-Novosvobodnaya-Banyabik type axes, catalogue

Information about author:

Valentin Dergachev (Kishinev, Moldova). Doctor Habilitat of History. Institute of Cultural Heritage of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Stefan cel Mare Bd., 1, Kishinev, MD-2001, Moldova
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