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Eleven examples of a special type of jewellery – flat, double spiral, bronze wire earrings have been recorded in monuments dated to the late Hunno-Sarmatian period. This paper analyses the main characteristics of the jewellery in question and their area of distribution. It also focuses on a likely source of origin within the culture of the Altai people. We note that neither prototypes nor analogues have been found at Altai sites dated to the Early Iron Age and Middle Ages. Nor have analogues been found in adjacent...

The present article considers issues relating to the woodworking craft of the population of Altai during the Hunno-Sarmatian period. The article focuses particularly on criteria for the choice and nature of application of various types of wood depending on their physical and chemical characteristics. The composition of woodworking tools during this period is examined, and improvements in comparison with the previous period considered. The state of the woodworking craft is described from the point of view of its le...