scholarly journals THE ANCESTOR CULT AMONG THE ALANS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
А.А. Туаллагов
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Ancestor Cult ◽  
Written Sources

Статья посвящена проблеме культа предков у алан. Письменные источники и археологические данные позволяют установить связь данного куль- та с погребально-поминальной обрядностью и идолатрией. Продолжение соот- ветствующей культовой традиции алан представлено среди материалов тра- диционной культуры осетин. The article is devoted to the problem of the ancestor cult among the Alans. Written sources and archaeological data help build connection of this cult with funeral and memorial rites and idolatry. The continuation of the corresponding cult tradition of the Alans is presented among the materials of the traditional culture of the Ossetians.

Middle Byzantine Parekklesia of Constantinople: Their History, Purpose, and New Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-78
Author(s):  
Halûk Çetinkaya
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Data ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Archaeological Excavations ◽  
Written Sources

Abstract Recent restoration projects in Istanbul have brought to light new evidence related to the middle Byzantine (843–1204) churches of Istanbul. In particular, archaeological excavations have exposed previously unknown parts of the monastic churches. This article provides a brief construction history of the middle Byzantine churches of Istanbul and their later additions, and elucidates the purpose for which the latter were built. Thus, together with written sources, archaeological data may improve our understanding of these constructions. In particular, this article discusses the recent discovery of a funerary chapel outside the Pantokrator complex and the parekklesia unearthed at Vefa Kilise Camii.

scholarly journals Preliminary Reviews Of The Late Medieval Historical Geography Of Jizzakh (On The Basis Of Written Sources And Archaeological Data)

2020 ◽  
Vol 02 (10) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Pardaev Ahrorqul Hasanovich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Historical Geography ◽  
Late Medieval ◽  
Modern City ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Late Middle Ages ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
Geographical Locations ◽  
Written Sources

The article examines the historical medieval towns, fortresses and other geographical areas of the Jizzakh oasis based on written sources and data obtained from archeological excavations. As a result of scientific analysis, the geographical locations of the Jizzakh Horde and its environs, which are the location of the modern city of Jizzakh in the late Middle Ages, have been clarified.

Manqabad: A Crucial Satellite of Ancient Asyut. A Preliminary Outline Through the Archaeological Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 79-110
Author(s):  
Rosanna Pirelli
Keyword(s):  
Political Instability ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
The Political ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Architectural Elements ◽  
Written Sources

Abstract The Italian-Egyptian project at the Monastery of Abba Nefer at Manqabad started in 2011. The first three campaigns, carried out between 2011 and 2013, were actually brief surveys, strongly affected by the political instability of the country. During these surveys, the mission identified most of the structures already brought to light and recorded by previous investigations. Finally, during the campaign of autumn 2014, it was possible to work longer and to start the topographical survey and the investigation of the numerous structures still extant on the site. During the same season, the study of the previously discovered findings was also started. By analysing the two inventories kept in El-Ashmunein and Asyut (Shutb), it was possible to determine the number and nature of all the finds and their conservation status. Comparing the archaeological observations on the site and the studies of these last years on the finds (especially ceramics, and architectural elements) and on some written sources, this paper presents a synthesis of the results achieved so far, with a new focus on the pre-Christian phases. These results lead us to rethink and partially reformulate the articulation of the project and to broaden its final objectives.

Aspects of Nyoro Symbolism

Africa ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Beattie
Keyword(s):  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Recent Issue ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Opening Paragraph ◽  
Written Sources

Opening ParagraphLike other African peoples, Banyoro have a rich and complex symbolism, and there are numerous references to aspects of this in both older and more recent writings about Nyoro traditional culture. But until the publication in a recent issue of this journal of a paper on the significance of right and left in Nyoro symbolic classification by my colleague Dr. Rodney Needham (Needham, 1967), no systematic analysis of Nyoro symbolic categories, or even of the more important of them, had yet been attempted. I hope myself to take up this theme in a forthcoming monograph on Nyoro ritual, though I believe that to do it justice will require some further detailed inquiry through the Runyoro language in Bunyoro itself. In the meantime Needham's interesting essay, based on most of the available written sources, is a significant contribution to the subject. There is certainly much research to be done on the symbolism of right and left and of other complementary oppositions in African cultures, and it is to be hoped that his pioneering efforts will stimulate further researches in these fields.

Scythian Internecine Feuds

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina N. Daragan
Keyword(s):  
Steppe Zone ◽  
Conflict Situation ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Forest Steppe ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Political World ◽  
New Form ◽  
Scythian Period ◽  
The Military ◽  
Written Sources

In the Scythian period burials have been identified, in which metal arrowheads have been found in or among the bones of the deceased which may have been the cause of death. In all such cases, without exception, the arrowheads, which had wounded or killed the deceased, were of specifically Scythian types, used precisely at that time for the weaponry of both Scythians and their contemporaries constituting the military contingents of various tribal alliances in the forest-steppe zone. Analysis of the sample has shown that in most cases those who perished were victims of armed conflicts within the ethno-political world of Scythia. In a number of further cases, arrow wounds had been caused as a result of a rite forming part of a funerary ritual. Some other archaeological data, such as the dismantling of and re-use of Scythian anthropomorphic stelai and also the virtually total plundering of their kurgans by the Scythians themselves, can also indicate the conflict situation within Scythian society in the late-5th and 4th centuries bc. Certain data from written sources also tie in with the existence of internecine feuds in Scythia, including the reliably recorded fact of clashes between Scythian élites. The inter-tribal violence recorded in the light of arrow wounds quite probably reflects, among other things, the new form of relationships within Scythian society resulting from rivalry for possession of territory and resources.

scholarly journals The migrations of the Sea Peoples circa 1200 BC according to written sources, narrative tradition and archaeology

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 1233-1248
Author(s):  
A. V. Safronov
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Ancient Egyptian ◽  
Narrative Tradition ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Sea Peoples ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Written Sources

The article deals with the Sea Peoples’ migrations at the beginning of 12th century BC. It is based on ancient Egyptian written sources, archaeological data and Greek narrative tradition. The author tries to reconstruct the general stages of Late Bronze Age ethnical movements in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean at the end of the 13th – beginning the 12th centuries BC. The author shows that the Sea peoples’ movement was not homogeneous. Moreover, not all the Sea Peoples can be considered as migrants. The tribes of Shekelesh and Weshesh were the typical sea raiders who plundered the rich centres of the Eastern Mediterranean. The possible reason for the Peleset, Theker and Turša migration seems to be the war which devastated their homeland in north-eastern Anatolia between 1208/1203 и 1195 BC. The appearance of the Denyen in Sea Peoples’ movement must be connected with the destructions of Mycenaean centres in Southern Greece circa 1200 BC. Their inhabitants left their homeland and migrated to the different regions of the Aegean, Anatolia, Eastern and Western Mediterranean. The Sea Peoples’ migrations were only the first stage of global ethnic movements in Eurasia at the end of the Bronze Age which totally changed the ethnopolitical map of Southern Europe, Anatolia and Eastern Mediterranean.

scholarly journals Food culture in UrartuUrartu’da yemek kültürü

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 2656
Author(s):  
Bilcan Gökce
Keyword(s):  
Food Products ◽  
Food Culture ◽  
Lake Basin ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Class Discrimination ◽  
Banquet Scenes ◽  
Written Sources

In this article food culture in Urartian State that was founded in centrally Van Lake Basin between 9th-7th centuries has been studied. This study has been carried out in the light of food remainings, utensils uncovered by excavations until today, kitchen buildings, store rooms discovered by excavations, written sources and depicted works. We get information about food products, kitchens, store rooms, utensils, personnel, banquet scenes and feasts of that period by archaeological data. Additionally it is understood by archaeological data that social and religious banquets were arranged in the Urartian State. It can be said on the basis of utensils related to food culture and banquet scenes described on depicted works that there is also a class discrimination in the Urartian society related to this issue.  ÖzetBu makalede M.Ö. 9-7. yüzyıllar arasında Van Gölü Havzası merkez olmak üzere kurulmuş olan Urartu devletinde yemek kültürü çalışılmıştır. Bu çalışma bugüne kadar kazılardan ele geçen besin kalıntıları, kap kacaklar ile yine kazılarda ortaya çıkarılan mutfak yapıları, erzak depoları ile yazılı kaynaklar ve tasvirli eserler ışığında yapılmıştır. Arkeolojik verilerden dönemin besin ürünleri, mutfakları, erzak depoları, kap kacakları, personeli, ziyafet sahneleri ve şölenleri hakkında bilgi edinmekteyiz. Yine arkeolojik verilerden Urartu devletinde sosyal ve dini içerikli ziyafet yemeklerinin yapıldığı da anlaşılmaktadır. Yemek kültürü ile bağlantılı olan kap kacaklar ile tasvirli eserlerde işlenmiş ziyafet sahnelerinden yola çıkılarak Urartu toplumunda bu konuyla bağlantılı olarak bir sınıfsal farklılığın da olduğu söylenebilir.

scholarly journals Die Landwirtschaft der arischen Völker aus der frühen Eisenzeit: Tiere und Menschen im vorachämenidischen Mittelasien1

Archaeofauna ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 119-128
Author(s):  
JOSÉ LUIS BLESA CUENCA
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Near East ◽  
Last Millennium ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
History Of ◽  
Frame Work ◽  
Central Asian Republics ◽  
Written Sources

The Iranian peoples, or Aryans as they called themselves, are the indisputable characters of the last millennium of the history of the Ancient Near East. How they began to take part in the history of Central Asia to become some of the most eminent rulers of Late Antiquity, is still difficult to follow today. Our intention in this paper is to collect the work on this subject of Soviet scholars and relate it with those carried out by archaeologists from different countries in cooperation with the Central Asian republics, particularly with our research within the frame- work of the Turkmen-Spanish archaeological Mission in Dahistan (Southwestern Turkmenistan). Through archaeological data, as well as through written sources, we will focus on the faunas that lived with these people, and put them in connection with the re-writing of the history of the so- called Median Empire.

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