Treasures of the Turkish culture: new research on jewelry art of Turkic peoples (deliberation on the results and prospects)

Rudenko K.A.

26-45 p.


doi.org: 10.22378/ he.2019-4-1.26-45


The article explores new approaches to studying the jewelry art of the Turkic peo-ples of Eurasia. First of all, it presents the analysis of the facts mentioned in the collec-tive monograph on Eurasian Turkic peoples’ jewelry, which was written by the most prominent experts in this field from research institutions of Russia. This fundamental work presents analytical studies of Turkic-speaking peoples’ jewelry: Tatars of the Vol-ga and Ural regions, Yakuts, Buryats and others. The authors systematized a vast amount of materials, distributed it into groups and categories, and highlighted the kinds and types of products. The definitions of produced items functionality and their formal features served as the ground for classification. The articles provide reasoned infor-mation about the origin of certain types of jewelry, the time of their occurrence and exis¬tence. Appeal to the mythology of the peoples who made such products is of parti-cular interest. This made it possible to understand and present the special role of jewelry in the world view and its significance in the mythological ideas of the Universe and the world. Technological methods of jewelry making of the Turkic peoples of Eurasia are examined, the specifics of the production and artistic methods of applying the decor are identified. Obviously, the processes of artistic crafts formation, as well as fabrication of produced items, have a long history associated with the processes of ethnocultural interaction.


Keywords: jewelry, niello, filigree, Turkic peoples, Kazan Tatars, Buryats, Yakuts, ethnography, technology.

For citation: Rudenko K.A. Treasures of the Turkish culture: new research on jewelry art of Turkic peoples (deliberation on the results and prospects). Istoricheskaya etnologiya – Historical Ethnology, 2019, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 26–45. DOI: 10.22378/ he.2019-4-1.26-45


REFERENCES

  1. Belorybkin G.N. Zolotarevskoe poselenie [The Zolotarevo settlement]. St. Petersburg-Penza, PGPU Publ., 2001. 198 p. (In Russian)
  2. Jelita v istorii drevnih i srednevekovyh narodov Evrazii [Elite in the history of ancient and medieval peoples of Eurasia]. Dashkovskij P.K. (edit.) Barnaul, Altai State University Publ., 2015. 330 p. (In Russian)
  3. Krylasova N.B. Istorija prikamskogo kostjuma: kostjum srednevekovogo naselenija Permskogo Predural’ja [The history of the costume of the Perm Area: The costume of the medieval population of the Perm-Urals Area.]. Perm, PGPU Publ., 2001. 220 p. (In Russian)
  4. Kyzlasov I.L. Askizskaja kul’tura Juzhnoj Sibiri. X–XIV vv. [Askiz culture of southern Siberia. The 10th–14th centuries]. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 1983. 128 p. (Set of archaeological sources (SAI) E3–18). (In Russian)
  5. Kyzlasov I.L. Pratjurkskie zhilishha. Obsledovanie sajano-altajskih drevnostej [Pratyurk dwellings. Inspection of Sayan-Altai antiquities]. Moscow-Samara, Ofort Publ., 2005. 96 p. (In Russian)
  6. Kyzlasov I.L. Altaistika i arheologija [Altaistics and archeology]. Moscow,
    Ins­titute of Turkic Studies Publ., 2011. 256 p. (In Russian)
  7. Kyzlasov I. L. Novoe v zhizni Vostochnoj Evropy v XI–XII vekah. (Vlijanie Velikogo Sibirskogo puti, otkrytoj arheologiej) [The new in life of Eastern Europe in the 11th–12th centuries. (Influence of the Great Siberian Path discovered by archeology)]. Zemli rodnoj minuvshaja sud’ba… K jubileju A.E. Leont’eva [Earth’s native past fate … Dated to A.E. Leontiev’s anniversary]. Moscow, the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Archeology Publ., 2018, pp. 228–250. (In Russian)
  8. Rudenko K.A. Tjurkskij mir i Volgo-Kam’e v XI–XIV vv. Izdelija askizskogo kruga v Srednem Povolzh’e. Issledovanie i katalog [The Turkic world and the Volga-Kama area in the 11th–14th centuries. Products of the askiz circle in the Middle Volga area. Research and directory]. Kazan, Zaman Publ., 2001. 256 p. (In Russian)
  9. Rudenko K.A. Vzaimodejstvie tjurkskih kul’tur Evrazii v pervoj polovine II tys. n.je. (askizskij plast drevnostej) [Interaction of the Turkic cultures of Eurasia in the first half of the 2nd millennium A.D. (The Askiz layer of antiquities)]. Tjurkskie narody. Materialy V-go Sibirskogo simpoziuma «Kul’turnoe nasledie narodov Zapadnoj Sibiri» (9–11 dekabrja 2002 g. Tobol’sk) [The Turkic peoples. Materials of the 5th Siberian Symposium “Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of Western Siberia” (December 9–11, 2002 Tobolsk)]. (edit. A.V. Neskorov). Tobol’sk-Omsk, OmGPU Publ., 2002, pp. 83–86. (In Russian)
  10. Rudenko K.A. Ot arheologii k jetnografii (k voprosu o rekonstrukcii bulgaro- tatarskogo kostjuma XI–XVI vv.) [From archeology to ethnography (On the question of reconstruction of the Bulgar-Tatar costume of the 11th–16th centuries)]. Integracija arheologicheskih i jetnograficheskih issledovanij [Integration of archaeological and ethnographic studies]. (edit.: M.L. Berezhnova, M.A. Korusenko, A.V. Matveev). Krasnoyarsk-Omsk, Nauka Publ., 2006, pp. 191–194. (In Russian)
  11. Rudenko K.A. Etnograficheskij kostjum i arheologicheskoe «kostjumove­denie»: k postanovke problemy (po materialam Volgo-Kam’ja) [Ethnographic costume and archaeological “costume studies”: On formulation of the problem (based on the materials of the Volga-Kama)]. Integracija arheologicheskih i jetnograficheskih issledovanij. Chast’ 1 [Integration of archaeological and ethnographic studies. Part 1]. (edit.: N.A. Tomilov, M.L. Berezhnova, S.N. Korusenko, R.S. Hakimov). Kazan, Institute of History. Sh. Marjani AS RT Publ., 2010, pp. 391–394. (In Russian)
  12. Rudenko K.A. Nekotorye voprosy istoricheskoj rekonstrukcii sredne­vekovogo kostjuma Volzhskoj Bulgarii na osnove arheologicheskih materialov i ee predstavlenie v muzejnoj jekspozicii [Some issues of the historical reconstruction of the Volga Bulgaria medieval costume based on archaeological materials and its presentation at a museum exhibition]. Penzenskij arheologicheskij sbornik. Mezhdunarodnyj sbornik nauchnyh trudov [Penza archaeology collection. International collection of scientific papers]. (edit. G.N. Belorybkin). Penza, PIRO Publ., 2010, vol. 3, pp. 315–340. (In Russian)
  13. Rudenko K.A. Askizskaja problema: Vostok i Zapad [The Askiz problem: East and West]. Voprosy istorii Sibiri. Vyp. 9. Sbornik nauchnyh statej pamjati V.A. Mogil’nikova [Questions of the history of Siberia. Issue 9. Collection of scientific papers in the memory of V.A. Mogilnikov]. (edit. E.M. Danchenko). Omsk, OmGPU Publ., 2014, pp. 172–181. (In Russian)
  14. Rudenko K.A. Muzejnye arheologicheskie jekspozicii i vystavki v Tatarstane v nachale XXI veka [Museum archaeological expositions and exhibitions in Tatarstan in early 21st century]. Problemy arheologii i muzeevedenija. Sbornik statej, posvjashhennyj pamjati N.V. Habarovoj (1955–2017) [Problems of archeology and museum studies. Collection of papers dedicated to the memory of N.V. Khabarova (1955–2017)]. (edit. A.S. Skripkin). Volgograd: VolGU Publ., 2018, pp. 97–109. (In Russian)
  15. Rudenko K.A. Pletenye grivny s podveskami-lunnicami iz Volzhskoj Bulgarii: dizajn, atribucija [Plaited neck-rings with lunar pendants from Volga Bulgaria: Design, attribution]. Srednevekovaja arheologija Evrazii: ot Jamala do Karpat: sb. nauch. tr. k 60-letnemu jubileju A.M. Belavina [Medieval archeology of Eurasia: from Yamal to the Carpathians: Collection of scientific Works dated to A.M. Belavin’s 60th anniversary]. (edit. N.B. Krylasova). Perm: PGPU Publ., 2018, pp. 205–219 (Trudy Kamskoj arheologo-jetnograficheskoj jekspedicii [Proceedings of the Kama Archeolo­gical-Ethnographic Expedition]. Vol. XIV. (In Russian)
  16. Rudenko S.I. Kul’tura naselenija Gornogo Altaja v skifskoe vremja [The culture of the Altai mountains population in the Scythian times]. Moscow-Leningrad, AS USSR Publ., 1953. 402 p. (In Russian)
  17. Rudenko S.I. Kul’tura Hunnov i Noinulinskie kurgany [The Hun culture and Noynuli mounds]. Moscow-Leningrad, AS USSR Publ., 1962. 205 p. (In Russian)
  18. Sychev, L.P., Sychev, V.L. Kitajskij kostjum: simvolika i istorija [The Chinese costume: Symbolism and history]. Moscow, Nauka Publ.,1975. 160 p. (In Russian)
  19. Suslova S.V., Pavlinskaja L.R. Predislovie [Preface]. Juvelirnye ukrashenija tjurkskih narodov Evrazii. Istoriko-jetnograficheskie ocherki [Jewelry of the Turkic peoples of Eurasia. Historical and ethnographic essays]. (edit. S.V. Suslova). Kazan, Institute of History of AS RT Publ., 2018, pp. 5–11. (In Russian)
  20. Tishkin A.A. Periodizacija evrazijskoj istorii: sushhestvujushhie problemy i vozmozhnye reshenija [Periodization of the Eurasian history: Existing problems and possible solutions]. Evrazijstvo: teoreticheskij potencial i prakticheskie prilozhenija. Materialy Sed’moj Vserossijskoj (s mezhdunarodnym uchastiem) nauchno-prakticheskoj konferencii. Barnaul, 27–28 ijunja 2014 g. [Eurasianism: theoretical potential and practical applications. Materials of the 7th All-Russian scientific and practical conference (with international participation). Barnaul, June 27–28]. (edit. V.Ja. Barkalova, A.V. Ivanova). Barnaul, Alt. University Publ. House, 2014, pp. 25–43. (In Russian)
  21. Juvelirnye ukrashenija tjurkskih narodov Evrazii. Istoriko-jetnograficheskie ocherki [Jewelry of the Turkic peoples of Eurasia. Historical and ethnographic essays] (edit. S.V. Suslova). Kazan, Institute of History of AS RT Publ., 2018. 256 p. + 112 p. color insert (In Russian)

About the author: Konstantin A. Rudenko is a Doctor of Science (History), Professor at the Kazan State Institute of Culture (3, Orenburg tract, Kazan 420059, Russian Federation); murziha@mail.ru