TAMGAS ON THE PLATES OF TAGAR KURGAN FENCES UNDER TEPSEY MOUNTAIN

Abstract

Tepsey archaeological complex provides different information about the people who lived inMinusinskBasin. The paper analyzes the tamga-petroglyphs on the rocks of Tagar mounds (kurgans) under Tepsey mountain. Some different peoples depicted tamgas inMinusinskBasin,Altay,Kazakhstanetc. Ancient tamga images were created on rocks and kurgans. The first tamgas in Tepsey (on plaques and astragalus) are dated by known in the Tashtyk culture. The tradition of painting the tamgas may have been continued by the Kyrgyzs and then passed to the Khakass people. 6 types of tamgas are found on the rocks of Tagar mounds, whose analogs were known not only whithin the petrogliphs ofMinusinskBasin, but in other territories (Altay,Kazakhstanetc.). Analysis of tamgas gives us new information about the people who lived in this territory.

Keywords

• tepsey archaeological complex, petroglyphs on rocks mounds (kurgans), tamgas