Keywords
engraving, zoomorphic image, wolf, tradition, microscopic analysis, stylistic analysis, burial ground, Cheremukhovaya pad, hunnu,
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Pankina A. I., Lbova L. V., Yaroslavtseva L. G. The wolf engraved image on a horn pendant of the Hunnic time (burial ground Cheremukhovaya pad, Transbaikalia) // The Art of Eurasia, 2020. № 1(16). P. 10–22. URL: https://doi.org/10.25712/ASTU.2518-7767.2020.01.001.
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Abstract
An important aspect in archaeological science is the process of detailed research and documentation of unique art objects using new methodological developments, technologies and techniques. The use of modern digital technologies and microscopy are the basis for revealing the details of objects and their exact fixation. The team of authors discovered a new image on the horn pendant from the burial of a teenager while working with artifacts from the burial complexes of the Hunn burial ground Cheremukhovaya pad in Transbaikalia. The article presents the results of a microscopic and stylistic analysis of the zoomorphic image, attribution of the image to a biological species, its cultural affiliation. The conclusions are based on the identification of taxonomic and artistic-stylistic features, as well as versions of the possible semantic meaning are proposed here.
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The study was carried out as part of the RNF project 18-78-10079 “Development of technologies and an information system for documenting and scientific exchange of archaeological data”.
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