Herding with the Hounds: The Game of Fifty-eight Holes in the Abşeron Peninsula

IF 1.2 2区历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

European Journal of Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-05-31 DOI:10.1017/eaa.2024.24

Walter Crist, Rahman Abdullayev

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Abstract

The game of fifty-eight holes is one of the longest recognized games of antiquity, but also one of the least understood. New evidence from the Caspian littoral points to an early adoption of the game by Middle Bronze Age seasonally pastoral cattle herders in the late third millennium and early second millennium bc. Six boards bearing this game's distinct pattern were found at sites on the Abşeron Peninsula and Gobustan Reserve in Azerbaijan. Their presence there not only indicates that the region was connected to societies to the south, but also demonstrates the game's popularity across cultures and socioeconomic groups. Its supposed first appearance in Egypt is questioned in favour of a south-western Asian origin.

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与猎犬一起放牧：阿贝歇隆半岛的五十八洞游戏

五十八洞游戏是古代历史最悠久的游戏之一，但也是最不为人所知的游戏之一。来自里海沿岸的新证据表明，公元前三千年晚期和二千年早期的中青铜时代季节性牧牛人很早就采用了这种游戏。在阿塞拜疆阿布谢龙半岛和戈布斯坦保护区的遗址中发现了六块带有这种游戏独特图案的木板。这些棋盘的出现不仅表明该地区与南方社会有联系，还表明这种游戏在不同文化和社会经济群体中都很流行。人们对这种游戏最早出现在埃及的说法提出了质疑，认为它起源于西南亚。

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European Journal of Archaeology ARCHAEOLOGY-

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