Book
Frozen tombs of Siberia: the Pazyryk burials of Iron Age horsemen
University of California Press • Berkeley • Published In 1970 • Pages:
By: Rudenko, S. I. (Sergei Ivanovich), Thompson, M. W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Rudenko excavated these frozen tombs near Pazyryk, Russia and he discusses many details of their construction and their contents. Although the tombs had been extensively looted in antiquity, many artifacts made of fragile materials (such as wood, fabric, and leather) were preserved. In addition, the artifacts associated with the horses and the horses themselves, which were buried just outside the tombs, had not been looted and were found intact. Therefore, many of the artifacts discussed in this book are equipment associated with the horses. Also found were embalmed bodies, one with tatoos. Clothing was found with the bodies, although it is unclear which if any of the clothes would have been considered everyday wear. Rudenko proposes that the tomb construction would have been similar to their winter dwellings, including furnishings (such as hanging carpets on the walls or placing them on the floors and the use of small tables). One of the remarkable traits of the Early Nomads is their art work and many if not most of the items found in these tombs were decorated. Rudenko estimated the maximum and minimum ages for the site were 520 B.C. to 212 B.C.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Domesticated animals
- Work in skins
- Felted and other non-interworked fabrics
- Normal garb
- Special garments
- Bone, horn, and shell technology
- Woodworking
- Metallurgy
- General tools
- Animal transport
- Vehicles
- Visual arts
- Burial practices and funerals
- Ethnozoology
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Nomad
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1924, 1929, and 1947-1949
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2520 BP-2212 BP (520 B.C.-212 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pazyryk site; Pazyryk, Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Sergei I. Rudenko. Translated and with a pref. by M. W. Thompson
- Translation of: [Kul'tura naseleniia Gornogo Altaia v skifskoe vremia]
- Illustrations: [144] p. at end
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-332)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 69020480
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Asia, Central--Antiquities