Illustrations
1.1 The pre-Maikop (Map 1) and Maikop (Map 2) culture sites.
Maikop itself is number 11 on the lower map. From Ivanova
2007, p. 31. Courtesy Maria Ivanova and Aramazd: Armenian
Journal of Near Eastern Studies 15
2.1 Disk cheekpieces (Scheibenknebel) from Trakhtemyriv, on
middle Dnieper. From Hüttel 1981, nos. 14 and 15. Courtesy
Prähistorische Bronzefunde and C. H. Beck Verlag 44
3.1 Siege scene incised on a stone slab, from pre-Sargonic palace
at Mari. From Figure 1 in Yadin 1972 (after Parrot 1971,
plate XIV, no. 4). Courtesy Israel Exploration Journal 63
3.2 Weapons and armor from Sintashta-Petrovka sites. 1 mace. 2
axe. 5 socketed spearhead. 6 studded disk cheekpiece. 4, 7–
and 18–23 arrowheads. 17 bone “armour parts.” From Bersenev,
Epimakhov and Zdanovich 2011, Figure 2. Courtesy of British
Archaeological Reportsand of Andrej Epimakhov 87
3.3 South Caucasian dirk and rapiers. 1) Saduga, Kurgan grave
no. 2. 2) Mravaltskali, Kurgan grave no. 12. 3) Lilo, Kurgan
grave no. 1. 4) Tetri Kvebi, Kurgan grave no. 1. 5) Ghatchaghan,
Kurgan grave no. 1. 6) Dzoraget. 7) Samtavro, Kurgan grave
no. 243. From Abramishvili 2001, Taf. 2. Courtesy of Mikheil
Abramishvili and the Marie Leidorf Verlag 93
5.1 Find-spots of disk cheekpieces (Boroffka’s Type A and Type B
Scheibenknebel). From Boroffka 1998, Abb. 17. Courtesy
Nikolaus Boroffka and the Deutsches Archäologisches
Institut, Eurasien-Abteilung 143
5.2 Antler cheekpieces (Stangenknebel) from the Hungarian plain.
From Hüttel 1981, Tafel 6, nos. 52 and 53. Courtesy of
C. H. Beck Verlag and the Prähistorische Bronzefundeseries 144
5.3a and 5.3b Swords found at Hajdúsámson and Apa. From
Kemenczei 1991, Tafel 1, no. 1, and from Bader 1991,
Tafel 5, no. 25. Courtesy Franz Steiner Verlag 149
5.4 Disk-butted axe found at Iorcani, eastern Romania. From
Tencariu et al. 2014, Figure 3. Courtesy Studia Antiqua et
Archaeologicaand Felix-Adrian Tencariu 151