Essays in honour of Valentin Dergachev
on the occasion of his 80th birthday
This volume is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Moldavian archaeologist Valentin Dergachev, researcher of the ancient history of Eastern and Southeastern Europe, the author of more than 160 papers on the Neolithic, Eneolithic and Bronze Age, of which 25 are monographic studies. It is no coincidence that the book is titled with a line from Horace, who discourages Melpomene by the fact that “he has built a monument more lasting than bronze”. Though what could be stronger than bronze and more ephemeral than monuments? In this sense, the fate of monuments, in the protection of which Valentin Dergachev worked in his youth, is similar to the destiny of many scientific texts. They are often demolished, sent to the trash, or melted down into new ones. At the same time, bronze or even copper itself, which Dergachev was so passionately engaged in throughout his career, has been living in human culture for thousands of years. So do good scientific texts, which, as a rule, outlive their creators for a long time and become the foundation for the discoveries of the next generations. Our volume brings together the works of researchers from Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Poland, Germany, Italy, Finland, Spain, Canada and the USA.
Edited by
doctor of history L. V. Dergacheva
Editorial Board
doctor of history Denis A. Topal
doctor of history Leonid A. Mosionjnic
candidate of historical science Serghei N. Razumov
doctor of history Ghenadie Sîrbu
Content
AD GLORIAM
D. A. Topal (Kishinev, Moldova)The Lone Whale, or a Machine for Obtaining Scientific Results (To the 80th birthday of Valentin Dergachev) Free!15TabulaTabula gratulatoria Free!23List of WorksList of Published Scientific Works by Valentin Dergachev Free!25AlbumAlbum of Photos Free!33
NEOLITHIZATION OF EUROPE
A. F. Gorelik (Bochum, Germany)On both Sides of the Geo-Climatic Frontier: Anthropomorphic Symbolism of the Southern Part of Eastern Europe During the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition (part 1)55K. M. Andreev (Samara, Russian Federation)The Transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic in the Forest-steppe Volga Region89V. O. Manko (Kyiv, Ukraine), G. L. Chkhatarashvili (Batumi, Georgia)At the Fringe of Two Worlds: Eastern and Western Impulses in the Process of Neolithization in Eastern Europe101A. I. Yudin (Saratov, Russian Federation)Issues of the Initial Stage of Neolithization in the Steppe Volga Region119
ON SCEPTERS, HORSES, AND WAR
A. I. Korolev, A. A. Shalapinin (Samara, Russian Federation)The Burial Ground and Maksimovka I Settlement in the Forest-steppe Volga Region (Results of the Research 2020)137H. Haarmann (Helsinki, Finland), LaBGC (Girona, Spain)Greek Heroes under the Patronage of Pre-Greek Goddesses — the Emergence of the Hero Cult in Processes of Cultural Fusion159D. Gergova (Sofia, Bulgaria)An Unknown Type of Getic Parade Helmet? Hypothetical Reconstruction and Historical Context163E. Gáll (Bucharest, Romania), F. Mărginean (Arad, Romania)Some Notes on 10th Century Prestige Goods from the Carpathian Basin in Funerary Contexts179
FROM THE BALKANS TO THE HIMALAYAS: TIME OF CIVILIZATIONS
E. S. Yakovleva (Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation)Chebarkul I Station: Materials from the Site in the Context of Modern Historiography197E. V. Bakhshaliyev (Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan)Genesis and Chronology of Dalma Tepe Culture209R. V. Smolyaninov (Lipetsk, Russian Federation), S. V. Vasilyev, S. B. Borutskaya
(Moscow, Russian Federation), E. S. Yurkina (Lipetsk, Russian Federation)Neo-Eneolithic Burial Assemblages with Weapons in the Upper Don Region219A. A. Vybornov, N. V. Lebedeva (Ovchinnikova) (Samara, Russian Federation), A. Yu. Ovchinnikov (Pushchino, Russian Federation), A. A. Khokhlov (Samara, Russian Federation)Radiocarbon Dates of Neolithic and Eneolithic Funerary Monuments in the Volga-Ural Forest-Steppe Region243A. Pelisiak (Rzeszów, Poland)Land Use in the Neolithic and Bronze Age. The Case of the High Bieszczady Mountain (Eastern Polish Carpathians). An Outline259M. Rybicka, D. Król (Rzeszów, Poland), Gh. Sîrbu (Kishinev, Moldova)The Radiocarbon Dating of the Horodiştea-Gordineşti Sites in Northern Moldova and Western Ukraine — Funnel Beaker Culture Perspective (Preliminary Findings)273D. A. Stashenkov (Samara, Russian Federation)Materials for the Reconstruction of the Female Costume of the Population of the Samara Volga Region of the Chalcolithic Period (Based on the Materials of Burial 31 of the Ekaterinovsky Cape Burial Ground)285S. N. Korenevskiy (Moscow, Russian Federation)Kavminvody at the Dawn of the Copper-Bronze Age297N. G. Nedomolkina (Vologda, Russian Federation), H. Piezonka (Kiel, Germany)Wooden Structures for Fishing During the Eneolithic Period on the Upper Sukhona Sites319K. G. Margaryan (Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation)Who are you made for and who do you serve? Stone Altars in the Burials of the Early Iron Age Eurasian Nomads327
METALLIC ITEMS AND GENESIS OF CULTURES
V. I. Klochko (Kyiv, Ukraine)The Impact of Cucuteni-Trypillia Cultural Society on the Genesis of Bronze Age Cultures from Northern Pontic Area (the overview on the Problem through the History of Copper-Bronze Metallurgy in the Region)353R. A. Uhl (Berlin, Germany)New Colours Bear New Shapes: Daggers in the 4th Millennium BC365I. V. Bruyako (Odessa, Ukraine)“Lola type” Pendant Found in Kartal383J. Puskás (Târgu Secuiesc, Romania), D.-L. Buzea (Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania)A Socketed Axe Discovered at Vâlcele / Előpatak (Covasna County, Romania)387E. Uşurelu (Chişinău, Moldova)Some Transitional Types of Krasnyi Mayak and Râşeşti Metalworking Centers in the Late Bronze Age397D. A. Topal, E. Yu. Zverev (Kishinev, Moldova)The Hoard of Fragmented Late Bronze Age Artefacts from the Morozeni Village405
MOLDAVIA AND NEIGHBORING TERRITORIES IN THE BRONZE AGE
P. Biagi (Venice, Italy), R. Nisbet (Торре Пелличе, Италия)Mining Bronze Age Stone Resources: Some examples from the Caucasus (Georgia) and Sindh (Pakistan)413N. L. Morgunova (Orenburg, Russian Federation)The Current State of Research on the Yamnaya Complex in the Volga-Ural Region (in support of V. A. Derga chev’s concept on the nature and directions of interaction between the steppe population of Eastern Europe)433S. Alexandrov (Sofia, Bulgaria)New Data about the Bronze Age Plachidol Barrow Necropolises (Northeast Bulgaria)453V. Diaconu (Târgu Neamţ, Romania), G.-D. Hânceanu (Roman, Romania)Additions and Considerations Regarding the Prehistorical Graves in Brad (Bacău county)469N. M. Vinogradova (Moscow, Russian Federation), T. G. Filimonova (Dushanbe, Tajikistan)Archaeological Studies on the Gulbog Burial Ground of the Early Bronze Age in the Basin of the River Kyzylsu in Southern Tajikistan481S. V. Kuzminykh (Moscow, Russian Federation)The Galich “Hoard”: a Historiographic Overview495R. A. Lytvynenko (Vinnytsia, Ukraine)Cartographic Method in Study of the Chronology of the Dnieper-Don Babino Culture505Yu. M. Brovender (Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine)Donetsk Mining Center of the Late Bronze Age as a Factor in the Population Outbreak in the Middle Donets region519
AD BESTIAS
V. I. Balabina (Moscow, Russian Federation — Sofia, Bulgaria)Dogs in Graphics on Clay Artefacts of Cucuteni-Trypillia531P. F. Kuznetsov, O. D. Mochalov (Samara, Russian Federation)A Unique Zoomorphic Image on a Bone from Krasnosamarskoye545
AD POPULUM
A. A. Khokhlov, A. P. Grigorev (Samara, Russian Federation)Skulls of the Forest-steppe Volga-Ural Mesolithic-Eneolithic in the System of Synchronous Craniological Materials of the Northern Part of Eurasia553A. Nikitin (Allendale, Michigan, USA)How Cucuteni-Trypillia Farmers and North Pontic Steppe Pastoralists Shaped the Genetic Ancestry of the Yamnaya Culture Complex567A. Comşa (Bucharest, Romania)Dental Problems in Some Skeleton Series Belonging to the Tumular Ochre Bearers from Romania (Yamnaya, Catacomb and Multi-cordoned Ware Cultures)573
DE RERUM NATURA
J. Chabot, M.-M. Dionne (Québec city, Canada)About the importance of qualitative perspective in lithic functional analyses581K. B. Kalinina, E. G. Starkova (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Investigation of Organic Remains on Pottery from the Trypillia Site of Bernovo-Luka593E. L. Lychagina, S. V. Kopytov (Perm, Russian Federation), M. A. Kulkova (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Results of the Petrographic Analysis of Stone Raw Materials from the Chalcolithic Sites of the Upper and Middle Kama605G. M. Talmaţchi (Constanţa, Romania), D. Cristea-Stan (Bucharest-Măgurele, Romania)Studies Regarding the Monetary Units (Modified Scythian-Type Arrowheads and Specially Cast ‘Arrow-Coins’) Discovered in the Istro-Pontic Space Using XRF and Micro-PIXE Methods621
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AbbreviationsAbbreviations Free!643