TY - JOUR

T1 - Composite bows from UCH-KURBU in Kyrgyzstan

AU - Hudiakov, Y. S.

AU - Tabaldiev, K. Sh

AU - Borisenko, A. Y.

AU - Akmatov, K. T.

PY - 2013/9

Y1 - 2013/9

N2 - The article addresses the topic of composite bows from nomadic sites in Tien Shan and Zhetysu. Horn plates from bows discovered in 2008-2009 at Uch-Kurbu on the Tosor River, the Issyk-Kul Depression (Kyrgyzstan), are described and analyzed. The original design of the wooden core of the bow and the location of horn plates thereon are reconstructed. Based on our earlier classification of weapons, these are composite bows of the Xiongnu-Xianbei period. Two subtypes are identified, based on the design of plates at the ends of the bow. Evidently, composite bows with end, medio-lateral, and medio-frontal plates were the most efficient range weapon of the period.

AB - The article addresses the topic of composite bows from nomadic sites in Tien Shan and Zhetysu. Horn plates from bows discovered in 2008-2009 at Uch-Kurbu on the Tosor River, the Issyk-Kul Depression (Kyrgyzstan), are described and analyzed. The original design of the wooden core of the bow and the location of horn plates thereon are reconstructed. Based on our earlier classification of weapons, these are composite bows of the Xiongnu-Xianbei period. Two subtypes are identified, based on the design of plates at the ends of the bow. Evidently, composite bows with end, medio-lateral, and medio-frontal plates were the most efficient range weapon of the period.

KW - Composite bows

KW - horn plates

KW - Issyk-Kul Depression

KW - Kyrgyzstan

KW - nomads

KW - Tien Shan

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84897406649&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.aeae.2014.03.010

DO - 10.1016/j.aeae.2014.03.010

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84897406649

VL - 41

SP - 81

EP - 86

JO - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

JF - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

SN - 1563-0110

IS - 3

ER -