New Finds of the Abashevo Culture in the Mountain-Forest Trans-Urals

The paper provides an overview of metal finds discovered at the destroyed settlement of Shigirsky Istok III in the Sverdlovsk region. The collection includes a miniature copper hatchet, a silver pendant of 1.5 turns and an ornament made of copper wire. The analysis of the context and analogies suggests their links with items from the Abashevo metallurgical center. These finds add knew information to the known facts on the beginning of the Bronze Age in the region.