Pages: 187-211 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp243187211
In the area around the mouth of the Don River, there were several hundred burials dating back to the 5th—the first third of the 3rd century BC. This paper explores unique aspects of burial practices spread in this region that were previously overlooked. It is noted that different groups of burials in the region had their own specific customs. The paper pays special attention to the changes in burial rite over time among the local population. The data is based on materials, including the most recent excavations, from burial sites in the Don River Delta, Mius peninsula, as well as on the left and right banks of the Don River in its mouth area.
Keywords: mouth of the Don River, Scythian time, burial rite, chronology, dynamics of changes, military-political situation
Information about author:
Alexandr Kovalenko (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Southern Federal University. Bolshaya Sadovaya St., 105/42, Rostov-on-Don, 344006, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-2317-5386