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Transformation of Tagar Culture Burial Traditions
Поволжская археологияIn the middle of the I millennium BC, a significant moistening of the steppes is recorded in contrast with the previous dry and cold period. The bioproductivity of the steppe and forest-steppe territories at this time became very high, which led to a ...
Subbotin Andrey V.
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Risti peale kirjutas: Ühel papil oli peni... Eesti loomakalmistukultuurist [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2004 While in Finland pet cemeteries were common phenomena already in the 1990s, the first pet cemetery in Estonia was established only in 1995. The article discusses a rather marginal aspect of death culture - the funeral traditions and cemetery culture of ...
Marju Torp-Kõivupuu
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Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2022 Kitchen pots are one of the most popular categories of ceramics on archaeological sites of the 8th-9th centuries in the Black Sea region. They are typical for the Saltovo-Mayaki archaeological culture.
Evgeny Sukhanov
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Analysis of the shapes of clay vessels from the Chekanovsky Log-2 burial ground of the Andronovo (Fedorovo) Culture in the foothills of Altai [PDF]
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2023 The shapes of 32 vessels from the burials of Chekanovsky Log-2 cemetery were examined by a technique applied within the historical-and-cultural approach to study pottery shapes. The analysis was carried out at the levels of general proportionality of the
Savko I.A. +3 more
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Археология евразийских степей, 2023 The article presents paleoanthropological materials from the early period of the functioning of the Berel burial mound Pazyryk culture. The monument is located in Altai (Republic of Kazakhstan).
Egor P. Kitov
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The Sarmatian ‘Horseback-riding’ Burial Tradition
Documenta Praehistorica, 2020 The West Kazakhstan region, with its strategic location linking Asia to Europe, has many pasture areas and rivers. These natural factors provided an appropriate environment for human life and contributed to the development of animal husbandry. Throughout history, a great number of horse-mounted nomadic tribes lived in this region.
Muzaffer Gursoy +2 more
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Juchi Khan Mausoleum: realities, legends and rituals
Археология евразийских степей, 2022 Lore and folk legends designate the burial of Jochi Khan, the eldest son of Genghis Khan, in the eponymous mausoleum in Ulytau, Kazakhstan. The mausoleum was built according to Islamic architecture of the 14th-15th centuries. A.Kh.
Emma R. Usmanova +5 more
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Shapes of the pottery vessels from the burial ground of the Late Bronze Age near the village of Peschanka in the Southern Transurals [PDF]
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2022 In this article, the first experience of applying methods of the historical-and-cultural approach to the analysis of the shapes of the pottery of the Alakul Culture is presented. Eighteen vessels from 13 burials of the Peschanka cemetery were used.
Klimova A.D.
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Traditions of death and burial
Mortality, 2020 This book is in the excellent Shire Library series and is written by an expert in the field. The theme of death and burial has grown exponentially within both the academic and popular spheres, and ...
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The returning dead: unconventional inhumations in Medieval Lithuania
Lietuvos Istorijos Studijos, 2010 The paper analyses unconventional burials in Christian Lithuania in the 14th-17th centuries. The burials contain either headless or limbless bodies buried with face downwards or on their side; such inhumations are not to be attributed as occasional or ...
Gintautas Vėlius
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