TY - JOUR T1 - Ein Bericht G. F. Müllers über archäologische Arbeiten und Funde in Sibirien A1 - Knüppel, Michael PY - 2018 N2 - The present article analyses the archaeological report compiled by Gerhard Friedrich Müller (1705–1783) after his travels through Siberia. Published anonymously in 1770 with the title “On the old tombs of Siberia”, Müller qualifies as one of the first ethnographers. In deducing the social status of interred persons by means of both the location of the grave and of the objects buried with the deceased, Müller adopted a multidisciplinary approach of a character that would almost be acceptable today. Müller also attempted to relate the inscriptions found on stelae and statues belonging to the graves with the two ethnic groups he was most familiar with, namely Mongols and Uighurs (“Igureers”). Only by the late 19th century their nature could firmly be identified as belonging to the Göktürk civilisations of the Yenissei and Orkhon. JF - Central Asiatic Journal JA - Central Asiatic Journal VL - 61 IS - 2 UR - https://doi.org/10.13173/centasiaj.61.2.0323 M3 - doi:10.13173/centasiaj.61.2.0323 ER -