Quivers hooks of Bulan-Koby culture from archaeological monument Yaloman-II (the Central Altai)

This article is revealed to systematic presentation the results of the research by quivers hooks from ironwork second half of IV BC – first half of V AD of the Bulan-Koby nomads from monument of Yaloman–II. The authors have demonstrated a comparative analysis of these artefacts with the previously known archaeological materials from different regions of Eurasia. It was discovered that hooks to the crossbar among the population of Bulan-Koby culture were widely distributed. The crucial aspect of devising a regional archaeological periodization is the defining of the initial date of fixing them on the territory of Southern Siberia. The research already established the age of these hooks which did not appear until the second half of the III BC and can be generally dated to the second quarter of the I Millennium BC in the Altai region. These subjects have most suitable analogies in the monuments IV V centuries BC, which reflect the time of their most active application. Typological analysis of these artefacts is allowed to define significant similarity between the hooks of this modification with the specimens from Eastern Transbaikal region of late Xianbi time and the early Middle Ages. Fundamental chronological indicators of latest phase of Belo-Bom`s stage (II – the first half of IV century BC) and the final period of subsistence of Bulan-Koby community. So the publication of these findings compensates for lack of available scientific sources on the back of military equipment and contributes to the typological study of the considered category. Keywords: Altai, burial complexes, quivers hooks, tips belts, equipment, Bulan-Koby culture, Xianbi, tips straps, gear, belt headset, morphology, dating, analogy, chronology, typology.