The new reconstructions of wheeled transport from Pazyryk kurgans (preliminary report)
Novozhenov V. Altynbekov K. Stepanova E.
31 December 2024Margulan Institute of Archaeology
Kazakhstan Archeology
2024#2024Issue 4101 - 125 pp.
The article proposes new reconstructions of vehicles from the Pazyryk burial mounds, based on the finds of the State Hermitage archaeological expedition in 2019–2021 at the excavation site and an analysis of all the material stored in the museum’s reserves that was not included in the existing reconstruction. Two types of wheeled vehicles are distinguished – two-wheeled A-framed carts and a prestigious four-wheeled carriage with a superstructure in the form of a removable frame covered with felt and decorated with bird figures. It was established that the vehicles were actively used in antiquity, their design was demountable and universal, the parts were interchangeable, and they could be adapted according to the specific needs of the mobile pastoralists. The proposed reconstructions have analogies in archaeological and visual monuments, were crafted by local artisans, and are based on advanced woodworking technologies, as evidenced by the active use of wheeled transport by the local population during various historical periods.
chassis , frame superstructure , prestigious four-wheeled carriage , side poles , triangular frame design , two-wheeled A-framed cart , wheel pair
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UNESCO International Centre for the Rapprochement of Cultures, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Research and Restoration Laboratory “Ostrov Krym”, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Department of Archaeology of Eastern Europe and Siberia, State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
UNESCO International Centre for the Rapprochement of Cultures
Research and Restoration Laboratory “Ostrov Krym”
Department of Archaeology of Eastern Europe and Siberia
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