Papers by Alimirzoev Allahverdi
BOWS AND ARROWS IN FUNERAL RITE OF THE UST-ALMA NECROPOLIS, THE SOUTHWESTERN CRIMEA , 2021
In terms of the number of weapons, the Ust-Alma necropolis stands out the Late
Scythian sites of... more In terms of the number of weapons, the Ust-Alma necropolis stands out the Late
Scythian sites of the Crimea. The article examines burials with bows and arrows, their typology,
chronology, statistics, as well as the place of this weapon in the local death custom. The main role
of a such weapon in the funeral rite was its functional purpose. Analysis of the burial complexes
shows that a significant role belonged to bows and arrows, after swords and daggers, in the funeral
ritual of the Ust-Alma necropolis. Since the mid-1st century AD, a number of such weapons in
the burial complexes of the Ust-Alma necropolis has increased. At this time, Chersoneses and
the most part of the Crimea (including the late state of the Scythians) came under the control of
the Bosporan kingdom. Crimean Scythia participated in the Roman-Bosporan War of AD 45-49.
In the second century AD, the operations of the Bosporan army took place in Crimean Scythia.
These events influenced to the local death custom. In the first centuries AD, the traditions of
funeral rite, characteristic for the Sarmatians of the steppe regions of the Northern Black Sea and
the Volga region, appeared in the Ust-Alma necropolis. Besides, there were changes in the ethnic
and social structure of the Late Scythian society: along with the civil elite, a military one was
also formed. This is reflected in the richness of the grave goods in the burials of warriors. One
can find similarities between the funeral rites of the Ust-Alma necropolis and the Sarmatians in
the Volga region, the Don, the Kuban, the Caucasus and the Bosporus.
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Papers by Alimirzoev Allahverdi
Scythian sites of the Crimea. The article examines burials with bows and arrows, their typology,
chronology, statistics, as well as the place of this weapon in the local death custom. The main role
of a such weapon in the funeral rite was its functional purpose. Analysis of the burial complexes
shows that a significant role belonged to bows and arrows, after swords and daggers, in the funeral
ritual of the Ust-Alma necropolis. Since the mid-1st century AD, a number of such weapons in
the burial complexes of the Ust-Alma necropolis has increased. At this time, Chersoneses and
the most part of the Crimea (including the late state of the Scythians) came under the control of
the Bosporan kingdom. Crimean Scythia participated in the Roman-Bosporan War of AD 45-49.
In the second century AD, the operations of the Bosporan army took place in Crimean Scythia.
These events influenced to the local death custom. In the first centuries AD, the traditions of
funeral rite, characteristic for the Sarmatians of the steppe regions of the Northern Black Sea and
the Volga region, appeared in the Ust-Alma necropolis. Besides, there were changes in the ethnic
and social structure of the Late Scythian society: along with the civil elite, a military one was
also formed. This is reflected in the richness of the grave goods in the burials of warriors. One
can find similarities between the funeral rites of the Ust-Alma necropolis and the Sarmatians in
the Volga region, the Don, the Kuban, the Caucasus and the Bosporus.
Scythian sites of the Crimea. The article examines burials with bows and arrows, their typology,
chronology, statistics, as well as the place of this weapon in the local death custom. The main role
of a such weapon in the funeral rite was its functional purpose. Analysis of the burial complexes
shows that a significant role belonged to bows and arrows, after swords and daggers, in the funeral
ritual of the Ust-Alma necropolis. Since the mid-1st century AD, a number of such weapons in
the burial complexes of the Ust-Alma necropolis has increased. At this time, Chersoneses and
the most part of the Crimea (including the late state of the Scythians) came under the control of
the Bosporan kingdom. Crimean Scythia participated in the Roman-Bosporan War of AD 45-49.
In the second century AD, the operations of the Bosporan army took place in Crimean Scythia.
These events influenced to the local death custom. In the first centuries AD, the traditions of
funeral rite, characteristic for the Sarmatians of the steppe regions of the Northern Black Sea and
the Volga region, appeared in the Ust-Alma necropolis. Besides, there were changes in the ethnic
and social structure of the Late Scythian society: along with the civil elite, a military one was
also formed. This is reflected in the richness of the grave goods in the burials of warriors. One
can find similarities between the funeral rites of the Ust-Alma necropolis and the Sarmatians in
the Volga region, the Don, the Kuban, the Caucasus and the Bosporus.