Pages: 365-383 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp224365383
The paper addresses the results of the study of a rich Middle Sarmatian female burial (end of the 1st century BC — first half of the 1st century AD) discovered in the Sal-Manych steppe, on the border between the Rostov Oblast and Kalmykia. The funerary rite and goods are typical for elite burials of the Middle Sarmatian culture (diagonal burial in a large rectangular pit with a recess, two cast bronze cauldrons, clothes with golden elements, imported fibulae, a gem). The authors have conducted the comparative and typological analysis of chronological indicators found among the grave goods, as well as radiocarbon dating, which allowed to narrow down the chronological interval for the burial. Study of strontium (87Sr/86Sr) isotopes ratio from the buried woman’s dental enamel and background samples from the studied region have showed that the Sarmatian woman buried in the Peschany IV barrow group was of local origin. The interdisciplinary approach allowed to reconstruct the life story of the buried woman and her grave goods.
Keywords: Rostov Oblast, Sal-Manych ridge, diagonal burial, radiocarbon dating, chronology, isotope analysis
Information about authors:
Anton Strokov (Moscow, Russian Federation). Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117292, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-8806-6834
Natalia Shishlina (Moscow, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences. State Historical Museum. Red Square, 1, Moscow, 109012, Russian Federation; Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences (the Kunstkamera). 3 University Emb., Saint-Petersbur, 199034, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-9638-0156
Nadezhda Leonova (Moscow, Russian Federation). State Historical Museum. Red Square, 1, Moscow, 109012, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-7256-8381