论南西伯利亚及周边地区青铜时代早期的“月形器”

Discussion of“Crescent-Shaped Objects”in Southern Siberia and Adjacent Regions during the Early Bronze Age

随着公元前四千纪末阿凡纳谢沃文化(афанасьевская культура)的兴起,以萨彦-阿尔泰为中心的南西伯利亚地区进入了早期金属时代。阿凡纳谢沃文化结束之后,大致自公元前三千纪中期开始,南西伯利亚地区进入了青铜时代。在安德罗诺沃文化(андроновская культура)人群到来之前的青铜时代早期,即约公元前二十五六世纪至公元前十七八世纪,南西伯利亚及周边地区存在着一系列考古学文化(图一)。

Crescent-shaped objects are a special type of remains commonly found among early Bronze Age archaeological cultures in southern Siberia and adjacent regions.Based on typology,burial context,and accompanying assemblages,in addition to related iconographic evidence,this study shows that these crescentshaped objects,in the form of single or double birds,were religious regalia once suspended from sacred attire.Crescent-shaped objects in southern Siberia and adjacent regions might have originated in the Baikal region during the first half of the third millennium BC,and likely began to influence regions of North China during the end of the third or the beginning of the second millennium BC.