Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 40 (2) 2012

Annotation:  The Upper Paleolithic Assemblages of Shugnou, Tajikistan Fish Bones in Odino Ritual Complexes at Preobrazhenka-6, Western Siberia Copper Mines, Chromite Copper Ores and Slags of the Ishkinino Bronze Age Archaeological Microregion, On the Origins of Decorative Traditions in the Early Bronze Age Pottery of the Middle Tobol Basin, W Suruktakh-Khaya Sanctuary, Yakutia, Revisited: Tentative Results and Prospects Early Iron Age Archer’s Finger Tab from the Eastern Amur Region Medieval (9th–13th Century) Combs from Northwestern Siberia The Masoleums of Majar in 18th-Century Descriptions and Drawings Qasar-Qurug: Western Headquarters of the Uighur Khagans and the Problem of Por-Bazhyn Identifi catio Grave Circle B at Mycenae in the Context of Links Between the Eastern Mediterranean and Scandinavia Tobolsk Enkolpion Traditional Perceptions of the Dog Among the Khakas People of the Late 19th–mid 20th Century Impact of Salmon Fishing on Livelihood and Social Relations Among the Ulchi and the Amur Nanai (Seco NULLEmotion, Identity, and Death in the Greek Tradition and Beyond On the Biological Affi nities of People of the “Lappish Parishes”: A Craniometric Analysis of the 17   

Qasar-Qurug: Western Headquarters of the Uighur Khagans and the Problem of Por-Bazhyn Identifi cation

S.G. Klyashtornyi.

Analysis of Old Uighur runic texts discovered in Mongolia and investigated by the Soviet-Mongolian Historical and Cultural Expedition (1969–1990), shows that the western summer headquarters of the Uighur Khagans Qasar-Qurug which existed in the 750s–760s AD and was mentioned in the texts, was located in Tuva, near the Tes River basin, in the place of the ancient settlement of Por-Bazhin which is known today. The article compares the information from the Tes inscription and Terkhin inscription, as well as from the stele Mogoyn Shine Usu, with the results of archaeological excavations at the ancient settlement of Por-Bazhyn.

Keywords: Uighur Khaganate, Tuva, Old Uighur runic texts, qurug, Khangai mountain range, Toquz-Oghuz people.