Археозоологические данные погребальных и поселенческих комплексов хунну в Забайкалье: вопросы сопоставления

Abstract

At present, significant archaeozoological material has been accumulated from the Transbaikal archaeological sites of the Xiongnu era. This material was obtained both from settlement complexes and from burial structures. An important point is the comparison of these functionally different sites. One of the directions in this case is the correlation of archaeozoological materials. Our work provides information on the osteological collection from the Mangirtuy settlement, data on the sacrificial bone remains of animals from the graves of the Sudzhinsky burial ground in Ilmovaya Pad, Nur-Tukhum and Gudzhir-Myge. Information on the burial sites of Tsaram and Egiin-Gol is also used. Using the example of cattle, we consider the possibility of attribution of bone remains (skulls and phalanges), their description and interpretation. Comparison of information from functionally different sites allows us to talk about the main importance of the producing economy in the Xiongnu husbandry. Cattle-breeding was the leading branch for the bulk of the population. The same domestic ungulate was also a sacrificial animal during the burial practices of the Xiongnu.