KHOLYATO-1 RITUAL COMPLEX ON THE YAMAL PENINSULA

The Kholyato-1 ritual complex was situated in the Yamal peninsula near the Yuribej River mouth. The complex contained an anthropomorphic sculpture. Behind it the arrowheads and assemblage of reindeer bones and antlers were situated in shape of a semicircle. The burial was immediately under the culti...

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Main Authors: O. V. Kardash, A. V A.V. Sokolkov, О. В. Кардаш, А. В. Соколков
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: IAET SB RAS 2016
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Online Access:https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/120
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Summary:The Kholyato-1 ritual complex was situated in the Yamal peninsula near the Yuribej River mouth. The complex contained an anthropomorphic sculpture. Behind it the arrowheads and assemblage of reindeer bones and antlers were situated in shape of a semicircle. The burial was immediately under the cultic complex. The site is dated to the turn of XVII – XVIII centuries and is interpreted as a military grave of the body parts or cenotaph of a soldier, maybe a chief. Here the cultic place had been organized and functioned as a part of obit, and afterwards as a ceremonial place of banal military training. Ритуальный комплекс Холято-1 находился на п-ове Ямал, близ устья р. Юрибей. Его составляли антропоморфная скульптурка и располагавшиеся за ней полукругом наконечники стрел, скопление костей и рогов северного оленя. Непосредственно под культовым комплексом находилось погребение. Памятник датируется рубежом XVII–XVIII вв. и интерпретируется как воинское захоронение части тела или кенотаф воина, возможно вождя, где было устроено культовое место, функционировавшее в рамках поминальной обрядности, а впоследствии как обрядовое место военного сбора общинного ополчения.