Insights into Early Iron Age social structure in the eastern steppes : excavation results of the Chinge-Tey western chain kurgan 1

2025
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dc.abstract.enWhile the Early Iron Age burial mounds of the highest elite in Tuva have been intensively studied in the past two decades, they represent only a small fraction of the diversity of archaeological monuments in the Siberian Valley of the Kings. In this article, we present the results of an examination of a smaller peripheral mound. The monument’s proximity to the elite mound of Chinge-Tey and its similar chronology allow us to expand the social cross-section through Early Iron Age society in southern Siberia. Four graves were excavated and documented in detail. Three out of four burials were found intact, providing rare, complete contexts and offering a glimpse into the cultural change and social hierarchies of the 1st millennium b.c. Not typical for the Aldy-Bel’ culture, this mound is built from earth, and the grave goods indicate changes in funerary ritual traditions across social strata.
dc.affiliationWydział Historyczny : Instytut Archeologii
dc.affiliationWydział Historyczny
dc.contributor.authorOleszczak, Łukasz - 184930
dc.contributor.authorChugunov, Konstantin
dc.contributor.authorMichalczewski, Krzysztof - 188507
dc.contributor.authorPieńkos, Igor - 316876
dc.contributor.authorGruszczyński, Jacek
dc.contributor.authorLewek, Konrad
dc.contributor.authorAgapitova, Natalia A.
dc.contributor.authorCaspari, Gino
dc.date.accession2025-03-31
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-31T08:18:01Z
dc.date.available2025-03-31T08:18:01Z
dc.date.createdat2025-03-04T08:54:36Zen
dc.date.issued2025
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dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00934690.2025.2453780
dc.identifier.issn0093-4690
dc.identifier.urihttps://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/550812
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00934690.2025.2453780?src=exp-la
dc.languageeng
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dc.subject.enEarly Iron Age
dc.subject.enTuva
dc.subject.enScythian
dc.subject.enburial mouns
dc.subject.entumulus
dc.subject.enSiberia
dc.subject.enEurasian steppe
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dc.titleInsights into Early Iron Age social structure in the eastern steppes : excavation results of the Chinge-Tey western chain kurgan 1
dc.title.journalJournal of Field Archaeology
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dc.abstract.en
While the Early Iron Age burial mounds of the highest elite in Tuva have been intensively studied in the past two decades, they represent only a small fraction of the diversity of archaeological monuments in the Siberian Valley of the Kings. In this article, we present the results of an examination of a smaller peripheral mound. The monument’s proximity to the elite mound of Chinge-Tey and its similar chronology allow us to expand the social cross-section through Early Iron Age society in southern Siberia. Four graves were excavated and documented in detail. Three out of four burials were found intact, providing rare, complete contexts and offering a glimpse into the cultural change and social hierarchies of the 1st millennium b.c. Not typical for the Aldy-Bel’ culture, this mound is built from earth, and the grave goods indicate changes in funerary ritual traditions across social strata.
dc.affiliation
Wydział Historyczny : Instytut Archeologii
dc.affiliation
Wydział Historyczny
dc.contributor.author
Oleszczak, Łukasz - 184930
dc.contributor.author
Chugunov, Konstantin
dc.contributor.author
Michalczewski, Krzysztof - 188507
dc.contributor.author
Pieńkos, Igor - 316876
dc.contributor.author
Gruszczyński, Jacek
dc.contributor.author
Lewek, Konrad
dc.contributor.author
Agapitova, Natalia A.
dc.contributor.author
Caspari, Gino
dc.date.accession
2025-03-31
dc.date.accessioned
2025-03-31T08:18:01Z
dc.date.available
2025-03-31T08:18:01Z
dc.date.createdaten
2025-03-04T08:54:36Z
dc.date.issued
2025
dc.date.openaccess
0
dc.description.accesstime
w momencie opublikowania
dc.description.physical
1-18
dc.description.version
ostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.identifier.doi
10.1080/00934690.2025.2453780
dc.identifier.issn
0093-4690
dc.identifier.uri
https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/550812
dc.identifier.weblink
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00934690.2025.2453780?src=exp-la
dc.language
eng
dc.language.container
eng
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Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowa
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CC-BY
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.pl
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inne
dc.subject.en
Early Iron Age
dc.subject.en
Tuva
dc.subject.en
Scythian
dc.subject.en
burial mouns
dc.subject.en
tumulus
dc.subject.en
Siberia
dc.subject.en
Eurasian steppe
dc.subtype
Article
dc.title
Insights into Early Iron Age social structure in the eastern steppes : excavation results of the Chinge-Tey western chain kurgan 1
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Journal of Field Archaeology
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JournalArticle
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