The Funerary Ceremony of the Chuvash and Finno-Ugric Peoples (a comparative study)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13078292 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Volkov (0000-0003-0451-8483, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 15 |
| Pages | 182-190 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Povolzhskaya Arkheologiya (The Volga River Region Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2306-4099 • E-ISSN: 2500-2856 |
| Publisher | Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • RU) |
| DOI | 10.24852/pa2016.1.15.182.190 |
| OpenAlex | W2610224936 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The article compares the funerary ceremonies of the Chuvash people and their Finno-Ugric neighbors in the Middle Volga area and the Urals (Mari, Mordovians, Udmurts) in 15 th -19 th centuries. The discussion is relevant because the ethnic genesis of the Chuvash is still debated. Highlighted are common and distinctive features of topography of the burial grounds, design of burial pits and tomb structures, orientation of inhumations, position of bodies. Along with the archaeological sources, the author invokes ethnographic data on each of the studied peoples. He attempts to identify the origins and reasons for certain funerary traditions spread among these peoples. The results show a remarkable Finno-Ugric infl uence on the funerary ceremony of the Chuvash as well as diffusion of cultures
Ancient history · Archaeology · Ceremony · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Ethnology · Geography · Sociology · Anthropology · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |