Monumental Archaeology in the Mongolian Altai : : Intention, Memory, Myth /

Monumental Archaeology in the Mongolian Altai : : Intention, Memory, Myth / / Esther Jacobson-Tepfer.

The stone monuments of Mongolia’s Altai Mountains trace the web of ancient cultures across that remote land. This study breaks new ground by seeking their cultural significance from within their physical locations and viewsheds. It is the first study to join the mute stone monuments to the vivid pet...

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Superior document:Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies ; 30
VerfasserIn:
Jacobson-Tepfer, Esther,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2023.
©2023
Argitaratze-urtea:2023
Edizioa:1st ed.
Hizkuntza:English
Saila:Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies ; 30.
Gaiak:
Altai (DE-588)4001377-7 Mongolei (DE-588)4040056-6 Monolith (DE-588)4352271-3 Felsbild (DE-588)4016718-5 Herkunft (DE-588)4120440-2 Kulturkreis (DE-588)4165980-6 Geschichte
Deskribapen fisikoa:1 online resource (296 pages) :; illustrations.
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Aurkibidea:
  • Preface
  • List of illustrations
  • Framing the discussion
  • Stone mounds, simple and elaborated
  • Massive standing stones
  • Virtual dwellings and associated elements
  • Eccentric features
  • Khirgisuur
  • Deer stones
  • Closing the circle: altars and image stones of the Altai Türks
  • Memory into myth
  • Appendix: Pictorial reflections of social change
  • Bibliography.

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