A New Burial Find of a Polovtsian Stone Statue in the Stavropol Region (from the second half of thirteenth to fourteenth century)
Journal: Golden Horde Review
Year: 2022

Research objectives: To introduce a new discovery of a Turkic stone statue that was deliberately (?) buried in the mound, the authors seek to substantiate the reasons for this unusual approach to stone sculpture. Drawing on well-known and close analogies to the situation under analysis, the authors of the article seek to link such processes with some innovative phenomena within the Golden Horde. Research materials: The authors introduce into scholarly circulation completely new archaeological ma