A spectral cavalcade: Early Iron Age horse sacrifice at a royal tomb in southern Siberia Journal Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • AbstractHorses began to feature prominently in funerary contexts in southern Siberia in the mid-second millennium BC, yet little is known about the use of these animals prior to the emergence of vibrant horse-riding groups in the first millennium BC. Here, the authors present the results of excavations at the late-ninth-century BC tomb of Tunnug 1 in Tuva, where the deposition of the remains of at least 18 horses and one human is reminiscent of sacrificial spectral riders described in fifth-century Scythian funerary rituals by Herodotus. The discovery of items of tack further reveals connections to the earliest horse cultures of Mongolia.

publication date

  • December 1, 2024

has restriction

  • hybrid

Date in CU Experts

  • October 16, 2024 6:53 AM

Full Author List

  • Sadykov T; Blochin J; Taylor W; Fomicheva D; Kasparov A; Khavrin S; Malyutina A; Szidat S; Caspari G

author count

  • 9

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International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0003-598X

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1745-1744

Additional Document Info

start page

  • 1538

end page

  • 1557

volume

  • 98

issue

  • 402