ARCHAEOZOOLOGY OF THE BRONZE AGE OF THE SOUTHERN URALS: STABILITY AND CHANGES IN PASTORALISM

The article is devoted to a discussion of the main results archaeozoological studies materials from settlements different periods Bronze Age in Southern Urals (the Sintashta and Alakul cultures) new methodological approaches study animal bones archaeological sites. basis life support system inhabitants throughout was breeding livestock. parameters husbandry were relatively stable did not undergo evolution Age. Modern have made it possible fix specific manner fragmentation bones, alleged working exploitation cattle stall keeping livestock, as well reveal these processes during Drawing upon modern identify osteophagy ungulates, assess possibility settled model pastoralism typical pathologies livestock for proposes use with traces exposure by ungulates reliable marker location settlements. most important changes include slight decrease size cattle, change bone fragmentation, termination tradition bulls/oxen time. analysis indirect markers allow reconstruction sedentary type Urals, which herds domestic graze all year round near