Title: Subject complex of Iyus buried treasure

Author(s): Borodovskiy Andrey Pavlovich ^1,2, Larichev Vitaly Epifanovich ¹

Affiliation:  Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogov Str., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the SB of the RAS, 17 Lavrent’ev Ave., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation

Section: Archaeology of Eurasia

Reference: Borodovskiy A. P., Larichev V. E. Subject complex of Iyus buried treasure. Novosibirsk State University Bulletin. Series: History and Philology [Vestnik Novosibirskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriya: Istoriya, Filologiya]. 2011, vol. 10, is. 7: Archaeology and Ethnography. P. 196–208.

UDC: 902.9.0.2

Abstract: The Iyus buried treasure from the basin of the Chulym river is regarded as one of the most representative collection of household and religious items (i. e. 278 samples) of the South Siberia of the Early Iron Age period. The part of this buried treasure items are referred to the so-called “Tagar” bronze. It includes such bronze objects as a kettle, a zoomorphic knob, mirrors, a belt set items, parts of horse harness, jewelry. The Iyussk buried treasure is considered to be a historical source of information related to the Hun-Sarmatian period of “the Hun Province of Minousinsk” and its adjacent territories of the end of 1000 BC – the beginning of AD 1000.

Key words: South Siberia, Hun-Sarmatian period, Iyus buried treasure, “Tagar” bronze, the “Hun Province of Minousinsk”