Land Rituals for Heaven:The Soft Cultural Power of an Early Nomadic Kingdom and the Begin of Silk Road

Summary

Early nomadic kingdoms appeared during the early period of the first millennium BC.

Those objects or art theme symbolized the ideology of the ruling class embodied on the prestige goods, the imperial kinsmen's cemetery, the large seasonal ritual center.

The formation and expansion of the Aldy bel /Sandaohaizi culture reflected this process.

Standing gold deer, curled up or standing snow leopard, the implements of the boar or patterns, and the conical gold earrings, widely spread with along the expansion.

Kurgans of Arzhan Valley in Tuva in Russia is the imperial kinsmen's cemetery and the land of Sandaohaizi is the ritual center in summer.

Those early nomads were likely to be Arimaspians in west historical text and Single Eye People in Chinese text. They were the key people to open the Silk Road in the Eurosian Steppes.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)   •
• Cultural Contacts along the Silk Road during the Early Bronze Age

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Abstract Id(s): 15708