title: Khyadag and Zunii Gol: Animal Art and the Bronze to Iron Age Transition in Northern Mongolia
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metadata.value: Fitzhugh, William W.
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metadata.value: Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-11-03T18:29:07Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-11-03T18:29:07Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-09
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metadata.value: Fitzhugh W. W., Bayarsaikhan J. Khyadag and Zunii Gol: Animal Art and the Bronze to Iron Age Transition in Northern Mongolia. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2021, vol. 66, issue 3, рp. 909–933.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2021.313
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/33431
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metadata.value: The Late Bronze Age Mongolian culture known for its memorial deer stones and khirigsuur
  burials, the Deer Stone-Khirigsuur complex (hereafter DSK) dating to 1300–700 BCE, displays
  persistence over several hundred years. Radiocarbon dates from hearths and horse remains
  associated with these sites show little change in architecture, ritual practice, and iconography,
  giving the impression of an unchanging mortuary cultural regime. New research demonstrates
  that deer stones are memorials to recently deceased leaders that display distinctive features
  of personal identification within the unifying framework of an over-arching religious theme
  represented by deer-bird iconography. Despite continuity, the DSK complex is not monolithic.
  This paper presents evidence for regional cultural and chronological variation in deer stone art and ceremonial activity based on research at the Khyadag and Zunii Gol sites in northcentral
  Mongolia. Areal excavation, detailed survey, and recording of deer stone art revealed
  the presence at Khyadag of a new class of miniature deer stones and evidence of copper
  smelting, and at Zunii Gol — an unusual khirigsuur associated with a deer stone carrying
  elements of Scytho-Saka animal style art. These data indicate geographic and chronological
  overlap in V. V. Volkov’s deer stone types and changes in deer stone art and khirigsuur ritual
  in the later period of the DSK complex. In the future, emphasis needs to be given to broad
  excavation strategies that explore the contextual history of individual DSK sites, dating of
  Volkov’s Type II and III deer stones, and regional comparisons with Xinjiang, Baikal, and the
  Mongolian and Gornyi Altai.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 66; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Mongolia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Bronze Age
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: deer stone
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: archaeology
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: animal style art
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Scythian
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: monument
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: mortuary ritual
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Khyadag and Zunii Gol: Animal Art and the Bronze to Iron Age Transition in Northern Mongolia
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metadata.value: Article
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