The article describes and presents the results of analysis of psalms, fragments of which were found in the layer of the Bronze Age settlement Kamenny Ambar. Stratigraphic conditions of occurrence of objects are considered, and data from typological, tracological, and functional studies are presented. One of the psalms is attributed to Sintashta, the other to Peter's cultural traditions. Their chronological position is determined. A reconstruction of the process of their manufacture and use is given. Keywords: Southern Trans-Urals, Bronze Age, Sintashta culture, Petrovskaya culture, fortified settlement Kamenny Ambar, psalms, horse bridle. Introduction Bone and horn psalms in the cultural layers of Bronze Age settlements have recently been a regular source of interest for archaeologists*, but the matching of reference finds of this type with radiocarbon-dated objects is still not so common. In 2009, during ongoing work on the Bronze Age fortified settlement of Kamenny Ambar, fragments of two items attributed to us as psalms were discovered. This article continues a series of publications of materials from this monument (Epimakhov, Berseneva, Panteleeva, 2012; Koryakova et al., 2011; Molchanov, 2012; Noskevich et al., 2012; Rassadnikov, 2012; Krause et al., 2010). The settlement is located 9.5 km south-southeast of Varshavsky village, Kartalinsky district, Chelyabinsk Region, on the left bank of the Karagaily-Ayat River (52° 49 ' 47 "N; 60° 29' 0 " E), in the northern steppe zone within the boundaries of the Trans-Ural peneplain. It is located on the almost horizontal platform of the first terrace. The settlement is associated with the previously studied Kamenny Ambar-5 burial mound, which is interesting in the context of this work because it contains a solid collection of psalms, which is extremely important for understanding the cultural and chronological processes of the Bronze Age (Epimakhov, 2005). Context of finds In the north-western part of the settlement, aft ... Читать далее