The contribution of domestic nomad studies of the second half of the 1960-s - the early 1980-s to the study of religious and mythological conceptions of the late antiquity Central Asian nomads

The study of nomadic peoples of Central Asia in the Late Antiquity attracts domestic and foreign researchers' attention for more than one and a half century. The reconstruction of nomads' philosophical ideas takes not the least place among the considered problems in nomadic studies. This subject has been widely studied by domestic scientists in the 1960-1980-ies, and this was due to several factors. Firstly, during this period the accumulation of a large number of archaeological sources have been taking place, which had to be interpreted. Secondly, new methodological approaches in philosophical reconstructions have spread, and first of all, the structural-semiotic approach. The most significant results were obtained in reconstruction of the outlook of Scythian-Saka period nomads, while the religious ideas and rituals of Hun-Xianbi period nomads remained poorly investigated.