2017. Vol. 5, no. 2. Tataurov S.F.

2017. Vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 352-362

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2017-5-2.352-362

   ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONUMENTS OF THE SIBERIAN KHANATES:
SEARCH OF THE MARKERS OF THE STATEHOOD

S.F. Tataurov
Omsk Branch of Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography
of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Omsk, Russian Federation
TatSF2008@rambler.ru

Research objectives: To identify several sets of archaeological materials, which allow to unite all the Turkic-Tatar population of the forest-steppe zone of Western Siberia not only on the basis of socio-economic relations, but also on the principles of the existence of state entities.
Research materials: Archaeological material (ceramics, weapons and funeral rite of warriors, ring-seals and attributes of supreme authority – helmets and tamgas).
Results and novelty of the research: At present, the Turkic-Tatar state formations remain one of the most poorly studied issues in the medieval history of Western Siberia. An unformed base of archaeological sources could be added to a small amount of written documents. As a result, academic community is not able to make a full description of specific khanates – of their boundaries, administrative division and management, the level of development of state institutions, etc. Moreover, we do not have a chronological scale of cultural layers of any archaeological complex of this time including the capitals of khanates – Chimgi-Tura and Isker. Ordinary settlements and cemeteries remain with indefinite characteristics (cultural phenomena), which could allow to combine all these complexes into one whole, to become markers of the Siberian statehood.
The author proposes to identify several sets of archaeological materials, which allow to unite all the Turkic-Tatar population of the forest-steppe zone of Western Siberia not only on the basis of socio-economic relations, but also on the principles of the existence of state entities. The author presents as these features ceramics, weapons and funeral rite of warriors, ring-seals and attributes of supreme authority – helmets and tamgas. It is possible that in the course of research this range of sources can be increased. Therefore, this work serves as an impulse for the development of scientific research in this direction.

Keywords: Western Siberia, Tatars, archaeology, history, state, class, system, creation

For citation: Tataurov S.F. Archaeological Monuments of the Siberian Khanates: Search of the Markers of the Statehood. Zolotoordynskoe obozrenie=Golden Horde Review. 2017. Vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 352–362. DOI: 10.22378/2313-6197.2017-5-2.352-362

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About the author: Sergey F. Tataurov – Cand. Sci. (History), Head of the Department of Archaeology, Omsk Branch of Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (15, korp. 1, K. Marks Ave., Omsk 644024, Russian Federation). E-mail: TatSF2008@rambler.ru 

Received  February 27, 2017   Accepted for publication  May 20, 2017
Published online  June 30, 2017