Ear-rings VI-XVIII centuries ad of Southwest Siberia (problems of classification)

Medieval ear-rings obtained from the archaeological sites of Southwest Siberia are poorly studied. In general, in the archaeological literature the ear-rings are only listed in the chapters devoted to the description of the site complexes. Often the ear-rings are cited as cultural-chronological indicator. In the last time it has been able to study of separate categories of inventory. Because of the absence of the special researches related to this problem it is important to give the description of studied pieces. The list of medieval sites with ear-rings is established. For the sorting of the ear-rings were carried out their classification, establishment of their analogs and time of their use, territory of the ear-rings distribution.