Pages: 381-394

A cardinal change of the population takes place on the territory of the Upper Oka region in the first part and the middle of the 3rd century. Novo-Klejmenovo type sites give way to settlements of the early stage of the Moschino culture. The analysis of new finds makes it possible to consider the question concerning the fortune of the population of those sites and trace a possible vector of its migration. The materials published in this article focus on the grave having reference to the final stage of existence of the sites of Novo-Klejmenovo type. It is the first burial found in the process of studying this cultural group. Due to this discovery for the first time it became possible to correctly compare the finds from the territory of the Upper Oka region to the materials belonging to the cultures of the Middle and Lower Oka regions as well as to the finds from the Upper Sura region where almost nothing but burials have been explored.

Keywords: Oka-Don watershed, 1st half of the 3rd century, border of the Forest zone, sites of Novo-Klejmenovo type, Narrow strap-ends with a slit for fastening

Information about authors:

Alexey Vorontsov (Tula, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Kulikovo Pole State Museum-Reserve. Lenin Ave., 47, Tula, 300041, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
Evgenii Stoliarov (Tula, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Kulikovo Pole State Museum-Reserve. Lenin Ave., 47, Tula, 300041, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]