Burial rite of the Noyon-Uul terrace tomb 1 (“Mokryi”)
Keywords:
arhaeology, Xiongnu, Noyon -Uul, burial rite, terrace tomb1, decoration wooden of, chamber, accompanimentsAbstract
The method of the archaeological, written and visual sources comprehensive analysis allowed to reconstruct the burial rite of the terrace tomb1 (“Wet”) at Noyon-Uul. During its construction, the necessary external attributes of an elite burial structure of the Xiongnu nomads, dating back to the end of the 1st century BC and the first half of the 1st century AD, were preserved.The shape of the above-ground structure and construction of the wooden chamber, the set of accompaniments and locations of the some categories of objects were standard for the large terrace tombs at Noyon-Uul. At the same time, the structure of the burial pit, the burial chamber and its decoration revealed unique features. Most of discovered finds were known and even identical to the artifacts in other terrace tombs, but there were unique objects of ancient art and craftsmanship. The burial site under study is synchronous to other terrace tombs at Noyon-Uul.
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