THE COLLECTION OF LATE BRONZE AGE CELTS FROM THE NOVOSIBIRSK STATE MUSEUM OF LOCAL HISTORY

Abstract

The author introduces into scientific circulation a collection of bronze celts kept in the Novosibirsk State Local Lore Museum. Found almost a hundred years ago, they have not yet become the subject of scientific research, and only two brief mentions in the press in 1941 and 1974 do not allow us to completely forget them. The circumstances of the find are unknown, and little can be said about the person who found it. It is difficult to speak about the type of the site where the objects were preserved: a hoard? A settlement? A ruined burial ground? A random accumulation? A metallurgical workshop? It is only indisputable that the location of the village Baturino (Kozhevnikovsky district of the Tomsk region) in the area where the Celts were found can be considered as one of the Upper Ob centers of distribution of metallurgical products in the Late Bronze Age.

Keywords

• celts
• late bronze age
• v. baturino
• upper priobye
• museum collections