NOTES ON CULT OBJECTS IN THE BEREZOVSKY BURIAL SITE OF THE TAGAR CULTURE (THE SHARYPOVSKY DISTRICT OF THE KRASNOYARSK AREA)
Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of the transformation of cult objects which is a significant part of the funeral accompanying inventory of the Tagarsky Berezovsky burial ground.
At the turn of the Podgornov and Saragash periods of Tagar Culture a new paradigm of burial structure, ritual, and accompanying grave goods emerged. The change in model is radical. The inventory of graved goods expands with broader range of artifacts, including items previously unseen in burial inventories — such as deer plaques, objects of unknown purpose also known as “pangs”, so-called standards with figures of mountain goats. In the fine arts (figurines of deer and goats), there is evidence of the influence of “Altai motifs”.
The frequent occurrence of these cult objects indicates a high degree of sacralization of Tagar society in the Saragash phase of its existence.
In the course of the work, the deer plaques and objects of unknown purpose were linked to the existing chronological table of the Berezovsky burial ground complexes, obtained by the author of this article in his dissertation. There are no significantly interrelated metrics for grouping of the examined material and identifying various types (such as categories, groups, etc.) within these collections, both for deer plaques and for objects of unknown purpose.
By the end of the Tagar Culture, in the process of involution, these artifacts steadily became more schematic, votive, and reduced in size. Disc mirrors and standards ceased to exist. Deer plaques and objects of unknown purpose (“pangs”) were also modified and reduced in form.
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