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The funerary ritual of 14 graves from the Okoshki 1 burial mound site in South-Eastern Transbaikalia is analyzed. The data from the Okoshki 1 burial mound and other funerary sites of the Baykal region are used in order to define elements of the Mongols’ funerary ritual in the 13th—14th centuries. Basic elements of the funerary ritual are: a) vertical grave pit; b) stone grave mound; c) a single skeleton in a grave; d) dead body lying on the back (supine skeleton). Additional elements of the funerary ritual include: a) wooden chamber; b) north or north-east orientation of the dead; c) presence of sheep bones in the grave (tibia, scapula, and lumbar vertebrae).

Keywords: Trans-Baikal region, Mongolian period, Mongols, funerary ritual, grave pit, grave mound, coffin, sheep bones

Information about authors:

Artur V. Kharinskii. Doctor of Historical Sciences. Irkutsk National Research Technical University. Address: Lermontov St., 83, Irkutsk, 664074, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
Evgeny V. Kovychev. Candidate of Historical Sciences. Transbaikal State University. Address: Aleksandro-Zavodskaya St., 30, Chita, 672039, Russian Federation 
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Nikolay N. Kradin. Doctor of Historical Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Address: Pushkinskaya street 89, Vladivostok, 690001, Russian Federation 
E-mail: [email protected]