Chaatas ( khak. Chathas stone of war) - the archaeological culture of Kyrgyz from the 6th – 9th centuries in the Khakass-Minusinsk hollow [1] , as well as the designation of specific burial grounds belonging to this culture.
Monuments were first studied by scientific expeditions in the XVIII century. V. Radlov began his first excavation in 1863. In the 1880s, his work was continued by D. A. Klements and A. V. Adrianov, who were the first to introduce the term “chaatas” into scientific use. According to the Khakass legends, these mounds are fragments of rocks that ancient warriors fought with.
On the mounds of some mounds there are steles or vertical plates, sometimes containing Orkhon-Yenisei inscriptions . Under a number of kurgans, square grave pits with burned corpses, as well as dishes, weapons, horse harness, and other utensils, which were all the richer than the more notable person was buried, were discovered. Around the large (up to 30 m) mound of a nobleman were small mounds of commoners.
See also
- Copen chaatas ,
- Uibat Chaatas
Notes
Literature
- L. Evtyukhova. Archaeological Monuments of the Yenisei Kyrgyz (Khakas) , Abakan , 1948 ;
- Kiselev S.V. Ancient History of Southern Siberia, M., 1951 .
- Kyzlasov L. R. Ancient Khakass culture Chaatas of the 6th — 9th centuries. // Steppes of Eurasia in the Middle Ages. Series: Archeology of the USSR. M .: 1981. S. 46-52.