The Ceramic Rattle of the Bronze Age from the Olym`ya IV Settlement (the North of Western Siberia)

Abstract

Attention is drawn to a ceramic handicraft in the form of a rattle found at the Olymya IV settlement (the North of the Western Siberia). To determine the age, the archaeological context of the find was considered, in particular, household ceramic dishes lying next to it. It is represented by vessels of the Lozva and Atlym types of the Late Bronze Age. Great importance in dating the Lozva sites have the two models of socketed axes with frontal ears and a spear with incised feathers, found at the Suzgun IIa site in a complex with Suzgun-Lozva type pottery, as well as a mold for casting asymmetric chisel from the Staryi Katysh settlement. The Atlym culture and mixed Atlym-Lozva sites are dated by 14C and ceramics of the Luchkino type (it has a syncretic Suzgun-Lozva appearance). Four ceramic rattles were found in Western Siberia. They associated with the sites of the Bronze and Early Iron ages. In the search for parallels, it turned out that this category of archaeological finds is common in the Old and New Worlds, has a wide range of existence and exceptional variability in use. Historical and ethnographic data collected by Spanish archaeologists make it possible to speak about the polyfunctionality of these items, as well as outline the prospects for research that goes into the plane of numerical symbolism.