The results mineralogical and petrographic research collection of Scythian stone sculpture from Dnipropetrovsk National History Museum of D.I. Yavornytsky

The types of rock that were used by the Scythian population of Transdnepria for stone sculpture production were determined. Conclusions were drawn about the raw stone materials used and the probable locations of their mining. An important issue for archeology and quaternary geology is to determine the origin of raw materials ancient stone sculptures. To solve similar tasks allows mineralogical and petrographic analysis of raw material artifacts. This article focuses on the mineralogical and petrographic research works Scythian stone sculpture of funds Dnipropetrovs’k National History Museum. Installed name rocks used Scythian people of the Middle Dnieper for making stone sculptures, as well as identify possible design space stone materials. It is concluded that the Scythian people of the Middle Dnieper for making stone sculptures, most likely used the local rocks outcrop near the places of production and further location data artifacts. The raw material for works of stone sculpture served Archean granites and Neogene limestone - rocks that form the largest deposits of construction stone in the territory of the Dnipropetrovsk region