Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal. 2016. № 2 (18). P. 187—204

 

07.00.00 HISTORICAL SCIENCES AND ARCHEOLOGY

UDC 902.6(470.56)

Morgunova Nina Leonidovna, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Archaeological laboratory
Orenburg State Pedagogical University
Kuptsov Evgeniy Aleksandrovich, Engineer of the Archaeological laboratory
Orenburg State Pedagogical University

 

RESEARCH OF THE AKOBA V BURIAL MOUND IN 2005

Abstract

The article represent the materials of the Bronze Age and the early Iron Age received during archeological excavations of the barrow 1 of burial mound Akoba V in Akbulak district of the Orenburg region. The main aspect of the research is the identification of a chronological position of the funeral complexes of Sarmatian culture of the Southern Urals. The considerable attention is paid to the reconstruction of the process and the determining of possible causes of destruction of early nomads burials, dating to the time of the barrow construction.

Key words

Southern Cis-Urals, early nomads, Sarmatian culture, funeral ceremony, catacomb, destruction of burials.

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