Eketankire or hidden time in the calendars of the Siberian peoples

The paper explores the calendar vocabulary and ways of performing intercalations in the calendars of the Tungus, Samoyeds, Buryats, and Turkic-speaking peoples of Siberia of the XVIII-XX centuries AD. An analysis is made of the etymologies and semantics of terms that denote the inserting months for...

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Main Author: Vrtanesjan, G.S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies 2017-12-01
Series:Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies
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Online Access:https://aaatec.org/documents/article/vg2r.pdf