Ornamented Posts on Graves among the Tobol-Irtysh Tatars: Image of the Shamanic Ladder-Tree?
Problems of Archaeology Ethnography Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories 2025 A. Seleznev
This article discusses the semantics of the ornamental motif of transverse grooves and notches made in vertical rows along the entire perimeter at an angle to the ground in the upper and middle parts of carved wooden posts which are set on graves among the Tobol-Irtysh Tatars. These structures above graves may be compared with vertical objects (trees, posts, etc.) which symbolized ladders for...