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This is the first time we published the results of a comprehensive study of burial 45 of the eneolithic cemetery called Ekaterinovsky Cape. The burial contains the skeleton of a young man with traumatic injuries of the skull, leg and hand bones of other individuals, skeleton of a young specimen of a domestic goat (Capra hircus) that was abundantly sprinkled with red ocher. Grave goods include three stone scepters of different types, a large item made of horn in the shape of a bird’s head, a stone adze, knife-like plates of quartzite, beads from the flaps of the shells (Unio), marmot cutters, decoration made from a beaver’s tooth. The uniqueness of the burial is determined by the combination of the composition of the grave goods and traces of ritual practices. To conclude, we suggest the buried man could belong to the elite of the society that left this burial ground.

Keywords: Middle Volga region, forest-steppe, Early Eneolithic, flat cemetery, stone scepter, ornithomorphic staff, anthropological data, sacrificial animal

Information about authors:

Arkadii Korolev (Samara, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education. Maxim Gorky St., 65/67, Samara, 443099, Russian Federation
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Anna Kochkina (Samara, Russian Federation). Samara Museum for History and Regional Studies named after P. V. Alabin. Leninskaya St., 142, Samara, 443041, Russian Federation
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Dmitriy Stashenkov (Samara, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Samara Museum for History and Regional Studies named after P. V. Alabin. Leninskaya St., 142, Samara, 443041, Russian Federation
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Alexander Khokhlov (Samara, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education.Maxim Gorky St., 65/67, Samara, 443099, Russian Federation
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Natalia Roslyakova (Samara, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education. Maxim Gorky St., 65/67, Samara, 443099, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]