Monumental archaeology in the Mongolian Altai : intention, memory, myth

1. Verfasser: Jacobson-Tepfer, Esther, 1939- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource
Schriftenreihe: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Achte Abteilung, Handbook of Uralic studies 30
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: Jacobson-Tepfer, Esther, 1939-, Monumental archaeology in the Mongolian Altai (Print version:) | ISSN: 9789004535213
Online Zugang: Available online
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.