ANIMAL IMAGES IN THE VISUAL ARTS OF THE PAZYRYK ARCHAEOLOGICAL CULTURE AS A MARKER OF THE GENDER AND SOCIAL STATUS OF ITS BEARERS

  • A.N. Telegin Altai State Pedagogical University Email: varvar100@yandex.ru
  • A.V. Beketov Altai State Pedagogical University Email: sasha.beketov.2004@bk.ru
DOI_disc_logo https://doi.org/10.14258/tpai(2025)37(4).-08
Keywords: animal style, kurgan, Pazyryk, Pazyryk culture, semantics, status symbol, tattoo, decoration

Abstract

The article discusses the possible use of animal-style images in the visual arts (tattooed images and jewelry) of the Pazyryk archaeological culture of Altai as status symbols — objects reflecting the status held by its owner in the society of bearers of this culture. The source base of the study was 396 images of fine art of the Pazyryk archaeological culture (tattoos, plastics, textiles), selected in accordance with the possibility of interpreting their belonging to a particular buried person. It is concluded that the images of the animal style in tattooed images and the object complex of jewelry of the bearers of the Pazyryk archaeological culture could mark an individual’s belonging to certain social groups.

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Author Biographies

A.N. Telegin, Altai State Pedagogical University

Senior lecturer at the Department of National History of the Institute of History, Social Communications and Law of the Altai State Pedagogical University, a leading specialist in educational and methodological work at the History Research Laboratory “Historical Local Lore”, Altai State Pedagogical University

A.V. Beketov, Altai State Pedagogical University

laboratory assistant at the P.P. Kostenkov Museum of the History of Education of the Altai State Pedagogical University

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Published
2025-12-26
How to Cite
Telegin A., Beketov A. ANIMAL IMAGES IN THE VISUAL ARTS OF THE PAZYRYK ARCHAEOLOGICAL CULTURE AS A MARKER OF THE GENDER AND SOCIAL STATUS OF ITS BEARERS // THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 2025. Vol. 37, № 4. P. 138-158 DOI: 10.14258/tpai(2025)37(4).-08. URL: https://journal.asu.ru/tpai/article/view/18593.
Issue
Vol 37 No 4 (2025)
Section
MATERIAL ANALYSIS IN ARCHAEOLOGY

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