Vozrastnaia differentsiatsiia u drevnikh tiurkov VI-X vv.: opyt kompleksnogo analiza

Abstract

The article examines a broad range of archaeological and written sources, drawing on comparative historical, ethnographic, and folklore materials, to evaluate and summarize the available data on the age differentiation among the ancient Turks of the 6th-10th centuries. The authors argue that there may be pinpointed four distinct age categories, whose members must have differed in regard to their social functions.