The struggle between life and death in proto-Bactrian culture : ritual and conflict / Vladimir I. Ionesov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ionesov, Vladimir I.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Mellen studies in anthropology ; v. 5.

Mellen studies in anthropology ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bronze age--Bactria.

Bronze age.

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Bactria.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Bactria.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Bactria--Antiquities.

Bactria.

Physical Description:

xvi, 220 pages, 69 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2002]

Contents:

1. Ancient Bactrian Region Within Central Asia 1

2. Written Sourses About Bactria 2

3. Archaeological Sites of Bactrian Area 4

4. Sherabad Oasis Within the Ancient Bactrian Area: Role and Position 5

5. Bronze Age Cultyre of Central Asia in the Study of Proto-State Genesis 7

6. Culture as Transitional Complex 10

Part I The History in Transition 13

1. Proto-State Formation as Transitional Process 14

2. Central Asia Between Tribal Society and Statehood 19

3. Social-Historical Situation in Bactria Area in Bronze Age 22

4. Ways of Development of Proto-Bactrian Culture 26

Part II The Archaeological Objects 29

1. Cemeteries of Sapalli Culture 31

2. Development's Trends of Burial Grounds: Topography, Evolution, Division 34

3. Mortuary Practice and Its Archaeological Manifestations 42

a. Funeral Rite as Ritualization of Transition

b. Evolution of the Funeral Rite in Sapalli Culture

Spalli stage

Djarkutan I stage

Djarkutan II stage

Kuzali stage

Molali stage

Bustan stage

c. Structure of Funeral Rite

4. Change and Constancy 72

a. Traditions and Innovations

b. Intercultural Influence

Part III The Ritual Process 81

1. Cenotaphs as Symbolic Complex 82

a. Study of Cenotaphs

b. Cenotaphs of Sapalli Culture

c. Social Changes and Ritual Process

d. Ritual-Symbolic Function

e. Ritualization of Conflict

2. Imitative Ritual in Transitional Culture 100

a. Imitative Objects

b. Imitation as Ritual Process

c. Imitation as Symbolic Model

d. Ritual of Imitation as Overcoming Conflict

e. Social and Sacred in Imitative Ritual

f. Life Through Death: Soul, Time, Space, Rebirth, Transition in Imitative Ritual

g. Peoples and Things

h. Imitative Ritual as Survival's Environment

Part IV The Social Process 126

1. Proto-State Society in Northern Bactria 127

a. Sex and Age Division

b. Social Structure

c. Social Development

2. Proto-Bactrian Culture in Transition 155

a. Culture and Society Within Transitional Time

b. Transitional Society and Emergence of Zoroastrianism: Proto-Bactrian Context

c. Social Transformation and Cultural Landscape

d. Synthesis in Culture

1. Djarkutan as Early Urban Center Within Transitional Time 177

2. Proto-Bactrian Culture and State Formation: Some Points of Study 178

3. Social Mixation and Intercultural Synthesis 184.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-212) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0773472908

OCLC:

47443935