THE DEER CURLED INTO A “RING”: NEW EVIDENCE ON A HAIRPIN FROM ALMATY
СВЕРНУВШИЙСЯ В «КОЛЬЦО» ОЛЕНЬ: НОВЫЕ ДАННЫЕ О ШПИЛЬКЕ С ТЕРРИТОРИИ Г. АЛМАТЫ
Jumabekova G. Panichkin A. Altynbekova E. Altynbekov K. Kazikeyev M. Bazarbayeva G.
2025Cimmeria Publishing
Materialy po Arkheologii i Istorii Antichnogo i Srednevekovogo Prichernomorya
2025#2025Issue 19184 - 206 pp.
Interdisciplinary research has become integral to archaeology, allowing the fullest recovery of evidence and opening new lines of inquiry. This paper presents the zoomorphically decorated finial of a metal hairpin recovered from Kurgan 2 of the Taugul-3 burial ground, Almaty (5th-4th centuries BCE). The pin’s shaft was published in 2024; here we provide a full description of the ornament-depicting a deer curled into a ring-together with the results of interdisciplinary analyses concerning the object’s manufacturing technology. The new evidence refines the typological and stylistic attribution of the piece and contributes to our understanding of the artistic culture of Saka-period communities in Jetisu (southeastern Kazakhstan).
animal style , art , Early Iron Age , Jetisu (Zhetysu) , Sakas , Taugul-3
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Margulan Institute of Archaeology, 44 Dostyk Ave, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan
Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation JSC, Satpayev University, 29 Shevchenko St, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan
Scientific and restoration laboratory “Ostrov Krym”, 6/5 Venetsianov, str, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Margulan Institute of Archaeology
Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation JSC
Scientific and restoration laboratory “Ostrov Krym”
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