Monumental archaeology in the Mongolian Altai : intention, memory, myth / by Esther Jacobson-Tepfer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobson-Tepfer, Esther, 1939- author.

Series:

Handbuch der Orientalistik. Handbook of Uralic studies ; Achte Abteilung, v. 30.

Handbook of Oriental studies. Section eight, Uralic and Central Asian studies, 0169-8524 ; volume 30 = Handbuch der Orientalistik

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Megalithic monuments--Mongolia.

Megalithic monuments.

Megalithic monuments--Altai Mountains.

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Mongolia.

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Altai Mountains.

Petroglyphs--Mongolia.

Petroglyphs.

Petroglyphs--Altai Mountains.

Mongolia--Antiquities.

Mongolia.

Altai Mountains--Antiquities.

Altai Mountains.

Antiquities.

Asia--Altai Mountains.

Physical Description:

xix, 274 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

Summary:

"The stone monuments of Mongolia's Altai Mountains trace the web of ancient cultures across that remote land. This study breaks new ground by seeking their cultural significance from within their physical locations and viewsheds. It is the first study to join the mute stone monuments to the vivid petroglyphic rock art of that region. In that and in the examination of a monument's individualizing details, I seek to recover the impulse of original intention, the way in which monument and location fix cultural memory, and the way in which memory finally gives way to the cultural development of myth"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

List of illustrations

Framing the discussion

Stone mounds, simple and elaborated

Massive standing stones

Virtual dwellings and associated elements

Eccentric features

Khirgisuur

Deer stones

Closing the circle: altars and image stones of the Altai Türks

Memory into myth

Appendix: Pictorial reflections of social change

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Jacobson-Tepfer, Esther, 1939- Monumental archaeology in the Mongolian Altai

ISBN:

9789004535213

9004535217

OCLC:

1357156906