The present work introduces the first architectural energetics analysis of a medieval tumulus fro... more The present work introduces the first architectural energetics analysis of a medieval tumulus from the Eurasian / Pontic steppe. In contrast to New World earthworks, tumuli on the steppe were constructed 1) with sod taken from the environment immediately surrounding the construction site, 2) with the use of draft animals and metal tools, and 3) in identifiable phases as part of funerary rituals over a period of weeks or months. These variables introduce problems which are confronted through 1) the application of novel historically attested rates for construction and 2) the creation of new, replicable mathematical methods for modeling materials transport.
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 2004
This effort to estimate the amount of wine production in the Southern Crimea in the sixteenth cen... more This effort to estimate the amount of wine production in the Southern Crimea in the sixteenth century opens a window into the ways of accommodation of viticulture, wine production and wine commerce by the Ottoman Empire in a province with a predominantly Christian population. The terminology invented by the Ottomans to denote the taxes levied on viticulture reveals their highly sophisticated rationalistic approach, by which they settled the contradiction between the Islamic prohibition of wine and their practical interest in such a lucrative business, while tax rates developed on this basis granted a signi ficant tax break to Muslim viticulturers. The data of two extant Ottoman tax-registers for the Crimea show that such ingenious fiscal policy stimulated both Muslim investment in this business and conversion of local Christian peasants to Islam. Also, through data on the taxation of wine commerce, estimations of prices and tax rates for marketed wine were suggested. Cet essai d'...
Of Vines and Wines: The Production and Consumption of Wine in Anatolian Civilizations through the Ages/ L. Thys-Şenocak ed. Louvain-Paris-Bristol: Peeters, 2018, p. 119-154, 2018
Conference Programme, List of Abstracts and Poster Presentations of the Scythians and Other Early... more Conference Programme, List of Abstracts and Poster Presentations of the Scythians and Other Early Eurasian Nomads Conference.
The present work introduces the first architectural energetics analysis of a medieval tumulus fro... more The present work introduces the first architectural energetics analysis of a medieval tumulus from the Eurasian/Pontic steppe. In contrast to New World earthworks, tumuli on the steppe were constructed 1) with sod taken from the environment immediately surrounding the construction site, 2) with the use of draft animals and metal tools, and 3) in identifiable phases as part of funerary rituals over a period of weeks or months. These variables introduce problems which are confronted through 1) the application of novel historically attested rates for construction and 2) the creation of new, replicable mathematical methods for modeling materials transport.
‘Samuyar’ is a comic mispronunciation of the word ‘samuray’ by a former Soviet Ukrainian leader ... more ‘Samuyar’ is a comic mispronunciation of the word ‘samuray’ by a former Soviet Ukrainian leader Demian Korotchenko (1874-1969). It betrays incompetence and ignorance of the Soviet provincial elite and theherefore may stand emblematic for provincialism. Regrettably, this Soviet legacy has survived and is recognisable not only in the similar slips of tongue by the the ousted Ukrainian president Victor Yanukovych, but also in the publications of Ukrainian orientalists. One of this cases is addressed in this review article. Слово “самуяр”, является невежественным искажением слова “самурай”, которое допустил Демьян Коротченко (1874-1969), занимавший высшие посты в Украинской ССР, и потому употреблено в качестве эмблемы для провинциальности. К сожалению, это советское наследие не только выжило и хорошо узнаваемо в ляпах, допущенных бывшим украинским президентом Януковичем, но и в работах украинских востоковедов. В данной рецензии рассматривается один из таких примеров.
The present work introduces the first architectural energetics analysis of a medieval tumulus fro... more The present work introduces the first architectural energetics analysis of a medieval tumulus from the Eurasian / Pontic steppe. In contrast to New World earthworks, tumuli on the steppe were constructed 1) with sod taken from the environment immediately surrounding the construction site, 2) with the use of draft animals and metal tools, and 3) in identifiable phases as part of funerary rituals over a period of weeks or months. These variables introduce problems which are confronted through 1) the application of novel historically attested rates for construction and 2) the creation of new, replicable mathematical methods for modeling materials transport.
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 2004
This effort to estimate the amount of wine production in the Southern Crimea in the sixteenth cen... more This effort to estimate the amount of wine production in the Southern Crimea in the sixteenth century opens a window into the ways of accommodation of viticulture, wine production and wine commerce by the Ottoman Empire in a province with a predominantly Christian population. The terminology invented by the Ottomans to denote the taxes levied on viticulture reveals their highly sophisticated rationalistic approach, by which they settled the contradiction between the Islamic prohibition of wine and their practical interest in such a lucrative business, while tax rates developed on this basis granted a signi ficant tax break to Muslim viticulturers. The data of two extant Ottoman tax-registers for the Crimea show that such ingenious fiscal policy stimulated both Muslim investment in this business and conversion of local Christian peasants to Islam. Also, through data on the taxation of wine commerce, estimations of prices and tax rates for marketed wine were suggested. Cet essai d'...
Of Vines and Wines: The Production and Consumption of Wine in Anatolian Civilizations through the Ages/ L. Thys-Şenocak ed. Louvain-Paris-Bristol: Peeters, 2018, p. 119-154, 2018
Conference Programme, List of Abstracts and Poster Presentations of the Scythians and Other Early... more Conference Programme, List of Abstracts and Poster Presentations of the Scythians and Other Early Eurasian Nomads Conference.
The present work introduces the first architectural energetics analysis of a medieval tumulus fro... more The present work introduces the first architectural energetics analysis of a medieval tumulus from the Eurasian/Pontic steppe. In contrast to New World earthworks, tumuli on the steppe were constructed 1) with sod taken from the environment immediately surrounding the construction site, 2) with the use of draft animals and metal tools, and 3) in identifiable phases as part of funerary rituals over a period of weeks or months. These variables introduce problems which are confronted through 1) the application of novel historically attested rates for construction and 2) the creation of new, replicable mathematical methods for modeling materials transport.
‘Samuyar’ is a comic mispronunciation of the word ‘samuray’ by a former Soviet Ukrainian leader ... more ‘Samuyar’ is a comic mispronunciation of the word ‘samuray’ by a former Soviet Ukrainian leader Demian Korotchenko (1874-1969). It betrays incompetence and ignorance of the Soviet provincial elite and theherefore may stand emblematic for provincialism. Regrettably, this Soviet legacy has survived and is recognisable not only in the similar slips of tongue by the the ousted Ukrainian president Victor Yanukovych, but also in the publications of Ukrainian orientalists. One of this cases is addressed in this review article. Слово “самуяр”, является невежественным искажением слова “самурай”, которое допустил Демьян Коротченко (1874-1969), занимавший высшие посты в Украинской ССР, и потому употреблено в качестве эмблемы для провинциальности. К сожалению, это советское наследие не только выжило и хорошо узнаваемо в ляпах, допущенных бывшим украинским президентом Януковичем, но и в работах украинских востоковедов. В данной рецензии рассматривается один из таких примеров.
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Слово “самуяр”, является невежественным искажением слова “самурай”, которое допустил Демьян Коротченко (1874-1969), занимавший высшие посты в Украинской ССР, и потому употреблено в качестве эмблемы для провинциальности. К сожалению, это советское наследие не только выжило и хорошо узнаваемо в ляпах, допущенных бывшим украинским президентом Януковичем, но и в работах украинских востоковедов. В данной рецензии рассматривается один из таких примеров.
Слово “самуяр”, является невежественным искажением слова “самурай”, которое допустил Демьян Коротченко (1874-1969), занимавший высшие посты в Украинской ССР, и потому употреблено в качестве эмблемы для провинциальности. К сожалению, это советское наследие не только выжило и хорошо узнаваемо в ляпах, допущенных бывшим украинским президентом Януковичем, но и в работах украинских востоковедов. В данной рецензии рассматривается один из таких примеров.