DWUSTRONNA KAMIENNA STELA ANTROPOMORFICZNA Z EL’ TARKACZ (REJON UST’-DŻEGUTYŃSKI, REPUBLIKA KARACZAJSKO-CZERKIESKA)
Double-sided Stone Antropomorphic Stele from El’ Tarkach (District Ust’-Jegutin, Karachay-Cherkess Republic)
Author(s): Aneta Gołębiowska-Tobiasz, Ahmat AybazovSubject(s): Archaeology, Geography, Regional studies, Historical Geography
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Orientalistyczne
Keywords: Northwestern Caucasus; stone art; anthropomorphic stelae; the Polovtsians (Cumans); the Alans/ Alania; the cult of ancestors
Summary/Abstract: In the village El’ Tarkach, in the Northwestern Caucasus, a unique artefact of monumental stone art has been preserved. The stela was made in the Polovtsian environment, around the end of the 11th – beginning of the 12th century. Its completion and function were related to complex beliefs, combining ancestor worship, shamanism and cosmogony. The paper provides a description and commentary regarding the dating and style of the artefact.
Journal: Przegląd Orientalistyczny
- Issue Year: 288/2023
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 155-165
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Polish
