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dc.contributor.author	Crescioli Lorenzo
dc.title	I kurgan reali del periodo scita: complessità architettonica, ideologia e ritualismo funerario
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dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	The Scythians have always aroused a great interest, especially for their descriptions in Herodotus’ Histories, and for their rich tombs. Burial mounds, the famous ‘kurgans’, are the custodians of these wonders and secrets, and often show a great structural and architectural complexity, which mirror the ideological and social complexity of Scythian populations. Some royal mounds excavated in different ‘Scythian territories’ are analyzed. Preliminary results of the latest archaeological research conducted by Centro Studi e Ricerche Ligabue and Ca’ Foscari University in the Semirech’è region of south-eastern Kazakhstan are included in the discussion. The analysis aim at highlighting common aspect, architectural elements which are typical of the different geographical areas, and showing the relation of kurgan burials with complex and elaborate funerary rituals, with burial mounds becoming an aggregation center for the community.
dc.relation.ispartof	Eurasian Studies
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2016-10-31
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-078-5/i-kurgan-reali-del-periodo-scita-complessita-archi/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/6969-093-8/EUR-6-3
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8879
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9433
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-078-5
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-093-8
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Funerary Ritual
dc.subject	Funerary Ritual
dc.subject	Herodotus
dc.subject	Herodotus
dc.subject	Kurgan
dc.subject	Kurgan
dc.subject	Scythian
dc.subject	Scythian

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I kurgan reali del periodo scita: complessità architettonica, ideologia e ritualismo funerario

Lorenzo Crescioli Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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The Scythians have always aroused a great interest, especially for their descriptions in Herodotus’ Histories, and for their rich tombs. Burial mounds, the famous ‘kurgans’, are the custodians of these wonders and secrets, and often show a great structural and architectural complexity, which mirror the ideological and social complexity of Scythian populations. Some royal mounds excavated in different ‘Scythian territories’ are analyzed. Preliminary results of the latest archaeological research conducted by Centro Studi e Ricerche Ligabue and Ca’ Foscari University in the Semirech’è region of south-eastern Kazakhstan are included in the discussion. The analysis aim at highlighting common aspect, architectural elements which are typical of the different geographical areas, and showing the relation of kurgan burials with complex and elaborate funerary rituals, with burial mounds becoming an aggregation center for the community.

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Keywords: Kurgan • Herodotus • Funerary Ritual • Scythian

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