Landscapes of Inequality?: A Critique of Monumental Hierarchy in the Mongolian Bronze Age
Landscapes of Inequality?: A Critique of Monumental Hierarchy in the Mongolian Bronze Age
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10.1353/asi.2014.0008
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2014-06
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Joshua C. Wright
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Joshua C. Wright
Khirigsuurs是规模和复杂性各不相同的石碑，在蒙古青铜时代的考古景观中占据主导地位。虽然有无数典型规模的纪念碑，但也有一些非常大的结构表明，一个主要的等级制度指导了他们的建设。使用测量的大小和正式的复杂性，比较这些大型古迹和khirigsuurs在充分调查的地区，本文认为，这些古迹主要不是坟墓建造，以代表早期游牧牧民的社会等级。相反，它们是为生活社区创造的纪念碑，以向他人和自己传达他们的组织和持久的性质。这种交流对于早期牧民社区的建立和生存至关重要。
Khirigsuurs are stone monuments of variable scale and complexity that dominate the archaeological landscape of the Mongolian Bronze Age. Though there are countless typical-sized monuments, there are a few very large structures suggesting that a chiefly hierarchy directed their construction. Using measurements of size and formal complexity to compare these mega-monuments and khirigsuurs within fully surveyed areas this article argues that these monuments are not primarily tombs built to represent the social hierarchy of early nomadic pastoralists. Instead, they are monumental places created for living communities to communicate their organization and enduring nature to others and themselves. This communication was essential for early pastoralist communities to become established and survive.