Object structure
Title:

Weapons of long distance combat in the arsenal of Scythian female warriors

Subtitle:

Sprawozdania Archeologiczne 74 nr 2 (2022)

Creator:

Fialko, Olena

Publisher:

Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Kraków

Date issued/created:

2022

Description:

ill. ; 25 cm

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

female warriors ; Amazons ; weapons of long-distance combat ; European Scythia

Abstract:

Archaeological finds, supported by data from the literary tradition, indicate that women were presented among the Scythian army. 303 burials of Amazons have been recorded on the territory of European Scythia. A characteristic feature of their burials is the mandatory presence of weapons in the accompaniment sets. In the graves of the Amazons there are almost all types of attack weapons, dominated by the items of long-distance combat. The weapons of the female warriors completely corresponded to those in the arsenal of the Scythian army.

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Relation:

Sprawozdania Archeologiczne

Volume:

74

Issue:

2

Start page:

75

End page:

91

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/octet-stream

Resource Identifier:

0081-3834 ; doi:10.23858/SA/74.2022.2.2970

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. P 244 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P 245 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P 243 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license

Terms of use:

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Digitizing institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

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