NEW FIND OF THE BRONZE AXE FROM THE TERRITORY OF FOREST-STEPPE ALTAI
The casual find of a large metal axe which was found in the neighborhood of the village of Tyumentsevo of Altai Krai (Russia) is for the first time published in article. The artifact is nowadays keep in the Tyumentsevo regional local history museum. It was transferred for studying to the Altai State University. By means of a portable X-ray fluorescent spectrometer information that the axe is made of a copper and tin alloy is received. Besides, parameters and weight of quite rare find which archaeological context isn't clear yet are determined, but authors don't exclude its communication with existence of the settlement of an era of bronze in the valley of the small river of Medvedka. It is quite difficult to specify cultural accessory and dating of the studied artifact as the overwhelming quantity of similar subjects is found incidentally and doesn't correspond to a concrete site. Morphological features of an axe show transitional lines, characteristic both for products of an Andronovo cultural and historical community, and for steppe and forest-steppe cultures of the period of Late Bronze Age. In the territory of Altai Krai a number of such finds is found already that designates need of their detailed consideration and special studying.