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Chibirov L.A. E.G. Pchelina’s Scientific Heritage as a Model of Interdisciplinary Research

The article discusses the legacy of E.G. Pchelina who has extensively researched archaeology, history and ethnography of the Ossetian people. As a result of the expeditions to the mountains of North and South Ossetia she collected and studied rich data on ethnography and folklore. The works of this scientist are synthesizing related subjects: archeology, history, ethnography, folklore and serve an example of interdisciplinary researches. E.G. Pchelina is the author of such books as “The Nuzal chapel”, “Funeral complexes from Sokht, Ursdzuar and Ruk in South Ossetia”, and others, which allowed to expand yet little studied stages of the medieval history of the Ossetian people due to the folklore and ethnographic parallels to the archaeological artifacts undigged in the mountains of Ossetia. E.G. Pchelina’s works written on the basis of field ethnographic investigations (“A hospitality ceremony among Ossetians”, “Maternity customs among Ossetians”, “House and homestead in a mountainous band of South Ossetia”, “The Ossetian mill of K’ada kuyroy”, etc.) are included in the golden fund of ethnographic Ossetian studies. It is regretful that major part of her manuscripts is still inaccessible for the scientific studies.

Keywords: South Ossetia, North Ossetia, ethnogenesis, Ossetians, interdisciplinary approach, archaeology, ethnography, history, folklore studies.

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