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Document Details : Title: The Kurgans of Chanlar and Some Thoughts on Burial Customs in Transcaucasia in the Late Bronze-Early Iron Age Author(s): CASTELLUCCIA, Manuel Journal: Ancient Near Eastern Studies Volume: 54 Date: 2017 Pages: 121-141 DOI: 10.2143/ANES.54.0.3206238 Abstract : The aim of the present study is to make available to the academic community the results of the excavations of three kurgans by J. Hummel in 1941, in Chanlar, Western Azerbaijan, which brought to light the exceptional presence of deer and horses in the burials, along with other animals. These results remained unpublished for many years and then appeared only in a Soviet-era journal. The finds from Chanlar are exceptional, since they have no parallels in any other funerary context of this period in the Caucasus. The intriguing and important nature of the finds encourages further analysis of the coeval cultures of Central Transcaucasia and some thoughts about burial practices and cults. |
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