New finds of the horse harness elements of the Turkic period from Kyrgyzstan
https://doi.org/10.25205/2499-9997-2022-1-252-278
Abstract
The paper presents new finds of the horse harness elements of the Turkic period from Kyrgyzstan. The finds consist of: a pair of antler cheekpieces, bridle fragments, a wooden saddle frame, and four iron stirrups. They come from tombs with human-horse burials at the Boz-Adyr medieval cemetery, and a memorial enclosure at Kosh-Dobo in the Ysyk-Kol depression. One stirrup is a stray find from Chui valley. All finds represent widespread, «classical» items of Turkic period archaeology. They display extensive analogies with materials from burial and memorial complexes of the early Middle Ages in the Tien Shan, Altai, Tyva and Mongolia, i.e. from core Turkic cultural regions. However, most of these types of horse harness artifacts were used up to the end of the 1st millennium ACE. Based on comparative analyses, and taking into account their archaeological context, the horse harness artifacts can be dated to the VII–IX centuries ACE. Despite the fact that all items generally repeat known forms, some of them are quite unique in a number of details, which, in our opinion, is natural in handicraft production. The new materials significantly expand our understanding of the horse harness used by the Kyrgyzstan population in the early Middle Ages. The archaeological context of the discoveries suggests that their manufacturers and/or users were Turkic tribes during the Western Turkic and Turgesh Khaganates.
Supporting agencies: Archaeological excavations at the Boz-Adyr and Kosh-Dobo sites were carried out in 2013-2014 within the framework of the project supported by Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University. Students of the Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University History Department, and Dr. Sulaimanova Aidai took part in the excavations. The authors express their sincere gratitude to all of them.
About the Authors
K. T. Akmatov
Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kunbolot T. Akmatov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Academic Specialist of the History Department
Chyngyz Aitmatov Campus, Djal Microdistrict, Bishkek, 720038
Office: +996 312 492782
K. Sh. Tabaldiev
Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kubatbek Sh. Tabaldiev, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Professor of the History Department
Chyngyz Aitmatov Campus, Djal Microdistrict, Bishkek, 720038
Office: +996 312 492765
K. Belek
Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kairat Belek, Doctor, Assist. Professor of the History Department
Chyngyz Aitmatov Campus, Djal Microdistrict, Bishkek, 720038
Office: +996 312 312 492774
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Akmatov K.T., Tabaldiev K.Sh., Belek K. New finds of the horse harness elements of the Turkic period from Kyrgyzstan. Universum Humanitarium. 2022;(1):252-278. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25205/2499-9997-2022-1-252-278
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