LETUM NON OMNIA FINIT (ABOUT ONE MASTERPIECE OF THE ZHETYSU SAKA TOREUTIC SCHOOL)
Jumabekova G. Amirov Y. Altynbekov K. Altynbekova E. Zhanuzak R. Childebayeva A. Bazarbayeva G.
2024Cimmeria Publishing
Materialy po Arkheologii i Istorii Antichnogo i Srednevekovogo Prichernomorya
2024#2024Issue 16125 - 158 pp.
The archaeology of the Early Iron Age in Kazakhstan has rapidly expanded with new data in recent decades, including in the field of ancient art. To date, new complexes have been discovered in almost all regions of the country, indicating the existence of stable traditions in material culture, particularly in toreutics. The aim of this article is to introduce highly artistic artifacts from the early nomads’ kurgans located in the city of Almaty (late 5th — early 4th century BCE) into academic discourse. The cultural and chronological attribution of the finds involved not only searching for analogies but also incorporating anthropological and paleogenetic research data. The analyzed findings show thematic and stylistic parallels with the artifacts from the Issyk kurgan and the art of the Pazyryk culture. K.A. Akishev’s thesis regarding the existence of a Semirechenskaya school of Saka toreuts and the presence of transcontinental contacts between the populations of Western Asia and the Great Steppe is confirmed.
Almaty , animal style , art , Early Iron Age , Issyk kurgan , Pazyryk culture , Saka tribes , Taugul-3 , Zhetysu
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Margulan Institute of Archaeology, 44 Dostyk Ave, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan
LTD “Archaeological Researchers”, 8а-2 Mekhanicheskaya, str., Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Scientific and restoration laboratory “Ostrov Krym”, 6/5 Venetsianov, str., Almaty, Kazakhstan
Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, Margulan Institute of Archaeology, 44 Dostyk Ave, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan
University of Texas at Austin, 2201 Speedway, Austin, 78712, TX, United States
Margulan Institute of Archaeology
LTD “Archaeological Researchers”
Scientific and restoration laboratory “Ostrov Krym”
Laboratory of Physical Anthropology
University of Texas at Austin
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