Burial of a warrior of the Rouran period from Northern Altai
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4663443 |
|---|---|
| Authors | N N Seregin (0000-0002-8051-7127, Altai State University, corresponding author), A A Tishkin (0000-0002-7769-136X, Altai State University), Sergey S Matrenin (0000-0001-7752-2470, Altai State University), Tatiana S Parshikova (0000-0001-5078-8244, Altai State University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Issue | 2(61 |
| Pages | 80-94 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Vestnik arheologii, antropologii i ètnografii (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1811-7465 • E-ISSN: 2071-0437 |
| Publisher | Tyumen Scientific Center of the SB RAS (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.20874/2071-0437-2023-61-2-7 |
| OpenAlex | W4379179283 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
The article introduces into scientific discourse cultural, chronological and social interpretation of the warrior burial, investigated during the excavations of the necropolis of the Bulan-Koby Culture of the Choburak-I funerary and ritual complex. The site is located on the right bank of the Katun River, to the south from the Elanda village of Chemal district, Altai Republic. During the research, a burial of a man with a horse and accompanying equipment, including a representative set of weapons (bow, a large number of arrows with iron tips, a sword, two combat knives), a belt decorated with numerous belt fittings, horse equipment, and other items were studied. A detailed description of the finds, including both widespread and very rare types of items, has been carried out. The indi-cated circle of analogies from the sites of the Bulan-Koby Culture of Altai, as well as complexes excavated in ad-jacent territories, allows us to determine the date of burial mound No30 to the 4th c. AD. This conclusion is con-firmed by the results of radiocarbon dating of a series of objects from the Choburak-I necropolis. The complex of elements of ritual practice indicates that the burial mound belongs to the previously identified Dialyan burial tradi-tion of the Altai population of the end of the 1st mil. BC - first half of the 1st mil. AD. This is suggested by the combination of the following features: an oval mound with a crepidoma, inhumation burial rite, northwest orienta-tion of the deceased, accompanying of the deceased by a horse laid "at the feet" of the person and its orientation with its head in the same direction as the deceased, inner grave construction in the form of a deck. The composi-tion of the grave goods allows us to conclude that the buried man was of a high social status, possibly a warrior who commanded a large unit of professional warriors, and also, possibly, the leader of a local group of pastoral-ists who left the Choburak-I necropolis. Some peculiar features of the analysed complex reflect the ideological paradigm of the Bulan-Koby population, such as placement into the grave of a broken (disassembled?) bow and a large number of arrows, covering the person's body at the time of the burial
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Excavation · Geography · Grave goods · Population · Radiocarbon dating · Rite · Sociology · SWORD · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · Engineering · History
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