Об одном половецком погребении и интерпретациях на тему ртути
On a Polovtsian Burial: Interpretations of Mercury Presence

Author(s): Zvezdana V. Dode
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Middle Ages, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Mongol Empire; South Ural region; nomads; funerary rite; mercury; embalming;archaeological textiles;
Summary/Abstract: The unique feature of the nomadic burial from the Shumaevski II burial ground is the presence of mercury. The paper deals with certain controversial conjectures and proposes counterarguments regarding the employment of mercury in the burial ritual. Special attention is paid to textile remains and their correspondence with the burial inventory and ritual complex.

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