essay
The Beiram mound: a nomadic cultic site in the Altai Mountains (western Mongolia)
kurgans, ritual sites, and settlements : eurasian bronze and iron age • Oxford • Published In 2000 • Pages: 89-105
By: Davis-Kimball, Jeannine.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Davis-Kimball excavated the Beiram Mound. This stone mound appears similar in construction to other Saka burial mounds, but contains no graves. Instead, it appears to have been a religious site containing over 4000 offerings. The site has been used from the time of its construction in the Early Nomad period to the present. Only the material pertaining to the Early Nomad period was indexed for Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM) codes. Also excavated was a small iron smelter located 2-3 km from the Beiram Mound in the valley bottom.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Woodworking
- Sacred objects and places
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Cultural stratigraphy
- 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
- essay
- 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 ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1996, 1997
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Early Nomad Period
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Beiram Mound, Mongolia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jeannine Davis-Kimball
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-95)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2001320166
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Asia, Central--Antiquities