essay
Ancient sanctuaries of the Aral and Caspian regions: a reconstruction of their history
kurgans, ritual sites, and settlements : eurasian bronze and iron age • Oxford • Published In 2000 • Pages: 33-42
By: Olkhovskiy, Valery S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Olkhovskiy describes some Early Nomad sanctuaries with anthropomorphic statues found on the Ustyurt Plateau. Olkhovskiy believes these are probably associated with an ancestor-hero cult that arose in response to the conquests of Alexander of Macedonia (Alexander the Great). Just which nomads (Sarmatians, Massagetae, or Dakhi) erected the statues and sanctuaries is unknown at this time.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Weapons
- Visual arts
- Sacred objects and places
- 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
- 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
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2400 BP-2200 BP (400 B.C.-200 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ustyurt Plateau; Kazakstan and Uzbekistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Valery S. Olkhovskiy
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 38)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2001320166
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Asia, Central--Antiquities