Search

About the Periodization of the Early Iron Age in Surgut Ob’ River Basin // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2007. Issue 3 (66). P. 141-144

Cultural-historical periodization of the early Iron Age in Surgut Ob’ river basin developed by J.P. Chemyakin is viewed in the article. The author of the article raises an objection against the names of the stages of Kulay culture of the Iron Age of the region. The analysis of the periodizations of the epoch of the yearly Iron Age of Ob-Irtysh basin shows that extracted by the archeologists cultural formations are synchronous just in part. Formation of Kulay culture in Surgut Ob’ river basin is connected with penetration of migrants whereas in Narym Ob’ river basin Kulay culture has autochthonous basis. This peculiarity of the early stage of the region’s epoch should be reflected in its name and the name of the early stage of Kulay culture should stay the same as it is in literature.

THE SEMANTIC RECONSTRUCTION OF KULAJSKY BORDERS WITH THE EDGING // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2010. Issue 9 (99). P. 145-148

The article represents a variant of interpretation of the meaning of ornamental motifs of Kulajsky cultural and historical community that had been living in Ob’s region in the Early Iron Age.

Keywords: ornament, motif, sacral texts, equivalence, semantics, hunting and fishing implements

ON THE POSSIBLE ORIGINS OF THE BEAR IMAGE ICONOGRAPHY IN THE KULAI REPOUSSAGE // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2015. Issue 9 (162). P. 247-254

The sculpture of the ancient inhabitants of Western Siberia was studied in order to identify the origins of the iconography of the image of bear in the cultic repoussage of the Kulai community of the early Iron Age. It was established that the figurines of a bear standing on four paws, and the image of the beast’s head are genetically related to similar types of the sculpture that appeared in the Neolithic Era. The images of a bear standing on its hind paws became popular on the eve of the Iron Age under the influence of the forest-steppe ethnocultural impacts. The partial images are undergoing the process of rearchaization and form compositions known as a bear in the «sacrificial posture». Iconographic types reflect different semantic layers, representing, in particular, social symbols.

Keywords: the Neolithic Era, the Bronze Age, the early Iron Age, the Rulai cultural-historical community, the images of bear, symbol, Western Siberia