event · evt_srsc1_mikhailo_ovsyanka_seasonal_metallurgy
Seasonal copper production at Mikhailo-Ovsyanka I
Faunal, isotopic, metallurgical, and artefactual evidence indicates seasonal animal use alongside copper mining, smelting, and casting.
What is the evidence?
observation
Faunal, isotopic, metallurgical, and artefactual evidence indicates seasonal animal use alongside copper mining, smelting, and casting.Multiple scientific proxies support the activities, while the link to later systems is deliberately not asserted.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1800 BCE–1600 BCE
Precision: range
Chronology model: release preferred synthesis
highPreferred display range synthesized from the cited source roles. It preserves a range and does not imply every component occurred continuously or synchronously.
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Animals, Metal and Isotopes: Mikhailo-Ovsyanka I, the Late Bronze Age Mining Site of the Steppe Volga Region — Natalia Shishlina, Nina Roslyakova, Yuri Kolev, et al. (2020)Supports seasonal activity and metal production.
Locator: Abstract, methods, and conclusions
Interpretation and caveats
The site demonstrates a mobile metallurgical economy immediately before the primary interval. It is an antecedent, not proof of direct institutional continuity into later Srubnaya systems.
Event context
Classification
Event type: seasonal mining and metallurgy
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Mikhailo-Ovsyanka I, Lower Volga and north Caspian interaction zone
Why it matters to the timeline
The site lies within the lower Volga/north Caspian research frame and provides a necessary pre-1600 BCE antecedent for later steppe metallurgy.
Research notes
- Supports seasonal activity and metal production. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: Abstract, methods, and conclusions.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Animals, Metal and Isotopes: Mikhailo-Ovsyanka I, the Late Bronze Age Mining Site of the Steppe Volga Region — Natalia Shishlina, Nina Roslyakova, Yuri Kolev, et al. (2020)Supports seasonal activity and metal production.
Locator: Abstract, methods, and conclusions
Referenced records
- Lower Volga and north Caspian interaction zone · entity
- Mikhailo-Ovsyanka I · entity