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Archive » The Volga River Region Archaeology Vol.1 (51) 2025
“Tashtyk” carvings of fi gures in long robes, medieval chinese painting “Nomads” and mongol-kyrgyz contacts
Varenov A.V. (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation)
page 112–119UDC 903.27+7.031.1/3+75.041
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24852/pa2025.1.51.112.119
This article lists the main interpretations of figures in long robes (so-called “boots”) engraved on the planes of the Oshkolskaya Pisanitsa and other neighboring rock carvings of Northern Khakassia. S.V. Pankova’s arguments in favor of their interpretation as Manichaean or Nestorian priests and attribution to the time of Tashtyk culture are considered. The author presents alternative interpretation and dating of figures in long robes. A Chinese painting of the XIII century “Nomads”, depicting two women in boqtag – traditional headdress of Mongol nobles, is proposed as an iconographic close analogy to Khakas rock art “boots”. The author suggests that the Chinese medieval scroll “Nomads” depicts a Mongolian wedding procession and rock engravings of figures in long robes in Khakassia reflected matrimonial contacts of Yenisei Kyrgyz leadership with Mongol nobles.
Keywords
Oshkol petroglyphsNorthern Khakassiafigures in long robesChinese painting “Nomads”Mongol-Jin relationshipmatrimonial contacts
About the author(s)
Varenov Andrey V. Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor. Novosibirsk State University, Pirogov St. 1, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation; avvarenov@mail.ru Scopus Author ID 57189442974 WoS Researcher ID IST-6876-2023 RSCI Author ID 556744 SPIN 3690-2300