STEPPE CODE: IDENTITY SIGNS (TAMGA—TYPE) OF THE NAYMAN TRIBE (SECOND HALF OF 18th — EARLY 20th C.)
КОД СТЕПИ: ЗНАКИ ИДЕНТИЧНОСТИ (ТИПА ТАМГА) ПЛЕМЕНИ НАЙМАН (ВТОРАЯ ПОЛОВИНА XVIII — НАЧАЛО XX В.)*
Kaldybayeva G. Yelemessova Z.
2025Cimmeria Publishing
Materialy po Arkheologii i Istorii Antichnogo i Srednevekovogo Prichernomorya
2025#2025Issue 2016 - 32 pp.
The study focuses on the morphological and spatial analysis of tamgas — markers of group identity — documented in archival, ethnographic, and archaeological sources related to the East Kazakhstan from the late 18th to the early 20th c. The graphic forms of the tamgas were systematized and chronologically correlated with changes in the region’s administrative structure. Based on morphological analysis, stable and adaptive variants were identified and mapped across the study area in a diachronic perspective. The comparison of cartographic data with ethnographic records and information on land use enabled the reconstruction of probable migration routes of individual clans and their intergroup interactions. Additionally, the mechanisms of tamga usage were examined, including their purposes, conditions of application, and situational contexts.
Altai , archival sources , Eastern Kazakhstan , identity signs , Kazakh clans , morphology , nayman , tamga , territorial localization
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Margulan Institute of Archaeology, Dostyk avе., 44, Almaty, Kazakhstan
State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve “Berel”, East Kazakhstan Region, Katon-Karagai District, Zhambyl village, Kazakhstan
Margulan Institute of Archaeology
State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve “Berel”
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