The ritually disturbed burials of Yakuts (XVII–XVIII сenturies)

Basing on the analysis of the archaeological data on medieval burials of Yakuts we raise the problems of interpretation of graves with traces of an ancient ritual penetration and violation of burial structures and of anatomical integrity of the skeletons of the buried, using ethnographic and folklor...

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Published in:VESTNIK ARHEOLOGII, ANTROPOLOGII I ETNOGRAFII
Main Authors: Bravina R.I., Dyakonov V.M., Kolbina E.Yu., Petrov D.M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: Tyumen Scientific Centre SB RA 2016
Subjects:
Yakutia
Yakuts
Middle Ages
burials
disturbed graves
post-inhumation rites
ancient penetration into the grave
interpretation
ethnographic parallels
folklore data
Archaeology
CC1-960
Siberia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.20874/2071-0437-2016-33-2-086-096
https://doaj.org/article/f27f168cc93147a0b53ed0c36fa611a9
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Summary:Basing on the analysis of the archaeological data on medieval burials of Yakuts we raise the problems of interpretation of graves with traces of an ancient ritual penetration and violation of burial structures and of anatomical integrity of the skeletons of the buried, using ethnographic and folklore data. We give a generalized description of the main types of disturbed graves of the late Middle Ages of Yakutia: secondary burial, embalming, rendering a dangerous dead harmless, desecration, robbery, etc. We provide historical and comparative data from the ancient and medieval cultures of Central Asia, Southern Siberia and the Far East. We examine philosophical ideas about the afterlife, ritual actions of Yakuts against «dangerous» dead and sacred people.

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