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Tracing population movements in ancient East Asia through the linguistics and archaeology of textile production. [PDF]

Evol Hum Sci, 2020
Archaeolinguistics, a field which combines language reconstruction and archaeology as a source of information on human prehistory, has much to offer to deepen our understanding of the Neolithic and Bronze Age in Northeast Asia.
Nelson S, Zhushchikhovskaya I, Li T, Hudson M, Robbeets M.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The genetic legacy of the expansion of Turkic-speaking nomads across Eurasia. [PDF]

PLoS Genetics, 2015
The Turkic peoples represent a diverse collection of ethnic groups defined by the Turkic languages. These groups have dispersed across a vast area, including Siberia, Northwest China, Central Asia, East Europe, the Caucasus, Anatolia, the Middle East ...
Bayazit Yunusbayev, Mait Metspalu, Ene Metspalu, Albert Valeev, Sergei Litvinov, Ruslan Valiev, Vita Akhmetova, Elena Balanovska, Oleg Balanovsky, Shahlo Turdikulova, Dilbar Dalimova, Pagbajabyn Nymadawa, Ardeshir Bahmanimehr, Hovhannes Sahakyan, Kristiina Tambets, Sardana Fedorova, Nikolay Barashkov, Irina Khidiyatova, Evelin Mihailov, Rita Khusainova, Larisa Damba, Miroslava Derenko, Boris Malyarchuk, Ludmila Osipova, Mikhail Voevoda, Levon Yepiskoposyan, Toomas Kivisild, Elza Khusnutdinova, Richard Villems   +28 more
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Epos of the Mongolic Peoples: Publications within the Bilingual Academic Book Series ‘Epos of the USSR’s Peoples’

Монголоведение, 2018
As for the multinational Soviet folkloristics, the 1940–1960s witnessed the two alternating trends, namely: excessive idealization of folk epic patterns was repeatedly replaced by their vulgar sociological interpretations that often resulted in that ...
A. Alieva
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Worldview of Mongolic Peoples: Representations of the Beginnings of Human Life and Its Prospective Quality

Монголоведение, 2019
Goals. The work aims to examine the issues of perception and understanding of processes characterizing the beginnings of human life, its sources in the traditional worldview of Inner Asian Turko-Mongolic nomads. Methods.
Marina M. Sodnompilova, Eleonora A. Nemanova   +1 more
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The Rite of Seter Tatakh and the Cult of Water Spirits among the Mongolic Peoples

Oriental Studies
Introduction. The article deals with archaic layers of Mongolic traditional cultures — worship of water, water sources and bodies — to specifically analyze the cult of water spirits. Goals.
Surzhana B. Miyagasheva
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Fire in the media scene of the Turkic and Mongolic peoples of Siberia

Nations and religions of Eurasia
Огонь домашнего очага является многозначным и полифункциональным символом тюрко-монгольской культуры. Культ огня, широко распространенный в культуре тюрко-монгольских народов Сибири, определил особое отношение к нему как информационному пространству. Огонь обеспечивал взаимодействие человека с иным миром, социальное общение посредством особого «языка»,
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Bayïrqu and Barγu: Deconstructing One Myth [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики, 2020
In academic and unspecialized literature related to the ethnogenesis and ethnic history of the Buryats, the two ethnonyms Bayïrqu ~ Bayarqu, known in the Old Turkic period, and Barγu ~ Barqu, first recorded in the early 13th century, have been commonly ...
Bair Z. Nanzatov, Vladimir V. Tishin
doaj   +1 more source

The Concept Ger ‘Home’ in Linguistic Worldviews of Mongols

Монголоведение, 2022
Introduction. The article examines a basic concept of any linguistic worldview — that of home (Mong. ger). Goals. The study aims at identifying and revealing semantic features of the concept in folklore texts of Mongolic peoples — Buryat, Kalmyk, and ...
Sesegma D. Gympilova, Bair Ts. Gomboev
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The Shoshoolog: Ethnonym and Ethnic History

Монголоведение, 2021
Introduction. This article under takes a study of the clan name Shoshoolog (Šošōlog) in the context of ethnogenesis and ethnic history of the Mongolic and Turkic peoples of Inner Asia and Siberia.
Bair Z. Nanzatov, Vladimir V. Tishin
doaj   +1 more source

‘Secret’ Diseases across Mongolic Communities in the Early 20th Century: Traditional Representations and Treatment Methods

Монголоведение, 2023
Introduction. The article examines some traditional ideas of venereal diseases traced in Mongolic cultures, reasons once believed to lie behind them, and treatment methods prescribed by folk and Tibetan medicine. Goals.
Surzhana B. Miyagasheva
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