SARMATIAN CULTURE IN THE WORKS OF A.M. KHAZANOV

In the historiography of world archeology, the study of Sarmatian culture is supplemented with new and fresh data, the corresponding database is increasing. This increases the importance of considering the extent to which new sources are compatible with the opinions expressed by scientists in the past on various issues. From this point of view, the number of urgent tasks today includes the systematization and generalization of the works of archaeologists, the study of their thoughts and concepts, and historical and expert analysis. In this regard, the authors of the article paid wide attention to the scientific heritage of A. M. Khazanov, Doctor of Historical Sciences, a famous historian, and researcher of historical anthropology and collective memory, who made a significant contribution to the study of Sarmatian culture. It should be noted that the area of research of the scientist includes Central Asia and Kazakhstan, Eastern Europe and the territory of Iran, etc. adjacent regions are included. He was especially interested in the monuments of the Early Iron Age located in these areas. The authors of the article analyzed the judgments of scientists regarding the historical processes that took place in these cultural and historical regions, discussed their thoughts and concepts in solving the main theoretical problems associated with the Sarmatian culture, and as a result suggested that the military art and religious and ritual knowledge of the Sarmatians should be considered based on comprehensive data. Since the main goal of the article is to systematize the published scientific works of A. M. Khazanov on the Sarmatian culture, a set of basic methods used in traditional historiography, as well as the principles of studying the individual, all scientific methods, such as the comparative historical method, have become widespread. Based on various scientific methods, it was found that the formation and development of the Sarmatian culture is directly related to the historical and natural-climatic conditions of that time, and migration processes. 

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