Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 39 (3) 2011

Annotation:  The Origin of Anatomically Modern Humans and their Behavior in Africa and Eurasia Newly Discovered Yarmukian and Wadi Rabah Sites in the Southern Jordan Valley and the Desert Fringe Periodization of Bronze Age Cultures in the Ob–Irtysh Forest-Steppe: The Stratigraphic Position of E Early Iron Age Burials in Southeastern Zhetysu: The Geoarchaeological Evidence Stratigraphy and Relative Chronology of the Neolithic Assemblages at the Koksharovsky Kholm Sanctua Pazyryk Burial at Khankarinsky Dol in the Northwestern Altai On the Origins of Nomadism in the Asian Steppes Medieval Sanctuary at Eshmess Cave in the Pechora Urals “Priest’s Staff” from Fort Nadym of the 16th–17th Centuries Wooden Pectoral Cross from a Burial at the Spassky Necropolis of the 18th Century in Irkutsk Latticed Petroglyphs of Mount Kalbak-Tash, Gorny Altai Food Symbolism in the Context of Komi (Zyrians) Wedding Rituals Zheltuga Republic: The Case of Social Development at the Chinese-Russian Border The Dentition of the Alakul People, with Reference to their Origin   

Pazyryk Burial at Khankarinsky Dol in the Northwestern Altai

P.K. Dashkovskiy and I.A. Usova.

The paper presents the results of studies conducted at the Pazyryk burial mound at the Khankarinsky Dol burial ground in the Northwestern Altai. Based on the burial rite, grave goods and results of radiocarbon analysis, this site is attributed to the 4th–3rd centuries BC. The paper focuses on an analysis of the burial rite and a reconstruction of a unique female headdress which is decorated with zoomorphic appliquéd ornaments and tops. These fi ndings considerably increase our knowledge of the nomadic costume of Central Asia during the Scythian-Saka period.

Keywords: Burial rite, nomads, Pazyryk culture, reconstruction, headdress.