Pazyryk culture

The Pazyryk stage was the younger stage of the Scythian culture in the Altai. She followed the Majemir stage and thanks to radiocarbon dating and dendrochronology in the 5th - 3rd Century BC date.

Finds

Among the legacies of the Pazyryk kurgans - level stand out some of whose grave chambers were preserved in permafrost, thereby providing unique conclusions about the culture of Central Asian equestrian nomads cultures of the Iron Age. There is a whole series of such necropolis known, including the eponymous necropolis of Pazyryk, of Baschadar, Tujekta, Ulandryk, Polosmak and Berel. The kurgans were excavated in 1947 by Sergei Ivanovich Rudenko.

All kurgans show a very similar structure: they had a Steinaufschüttung with a diameter of up to 50 meters; among them was in up to seven feet of water in a timbered block design grave chamber. The deceased intestines were removed, then his body was embalmed and buried in a coffin tree on the south wall of the grave chamber. The often deprived chambers contained a variety of grave goods: furniture, pottery, bags, carpets, and even musical instruments. Among these offerings is the 189 × 200 cm large so-called Pazyryk rug Kurgan 5, considered the oldest remaining pile rug, particularly known. The Pazyryk Harp from Kurgan 2 provides the oldest evidence of an angular harp in northern Asia. North of the grave chambers several splendidly decorated horses were buried.

In the known exclusively from the kurgans Pazyryk art of the stage of the Scythian animal style plays an important role, being next to the horse and the Cross is often depicted; next to it there is also a larger number of geometric motifs. Residential or storage bins are still unknown, the carriers of the Pazyryk culture were probably nomadic horsemen. The dead have mostly " Caucasoid " type. Often they are called in archaeological research " Altai Scythians ", because their culture to the Scythians and Sarmatians of the recalls. They can be but not sure classify ethnically or linguistically lack of written tradition.

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