Pages: 215-218

The paper presents a summary of the anthropological and archaeological materials from cemeteries investigated on the Lower Kuban River. The author concludes that a multiethnic population emerged there in the 13th—14th cc. AD. Its core was apparently formed by the Alans, Bulgars, Zygians, with participation of the settled Polovtsians. The anthropological material points to metisation of population, which is confirmed by the archaeological data, namely, mixed and unified character of the material and spiritual culture formed on the basis of different ethnic groups.

Keywords: North-Western Caucasus, Golden Horde, multiethnic population, settled tribes, nomads

Information about author:

Inga A. Druzhinina. Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Address: Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117036, Russian Federation
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