The ancient Iranian dog-bird in the Caucasian repoussage (based on the materials of the Koban archeological culture)
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5164-2023-5-111-118
Abstract
Aim. To clarify the semantics of zoomorphic bronze pendants in the form of a protoma and the head of a dog-like animal, equipped with a bird’s triangular tail, found in the burial complexes of the Koban archaeological culture.
Methodology. The paper examines the “bird-like” bronze pendants of the Koban culture and other Koban artifacts with similar zoomorphic sculptural compositions; it uses a methodology typical of archaeological research, such as comprehensive and comparative historical methods.
Research implications. The article proposes and proves a new original interpretation of the semantics of zoomorphic (“bird-like”) bronze pendants of the Koban archaeological culture. The results of the research can be used in the preparation of scientific papers on the ancient history of the Caucasus, for the scientific work of students and teachers of historical faculties, postgraduate students.
About the Author
V. T. Chshiev
Institute of History and Archeology of Republic of North Ossetia – Alania
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir T. Chshiev – Cand. Sci. (History), Senior Researcher
ul. Vatutina 46, Vladikavkaz 362025
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