Pages: 333-344 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp263333344
The paper presents for the first time Scythian Barrow 1 of the Doly cemetery near Butory villsge, on the left bank of the Lower Dniester. The lone Scythian grave was encircled by a circular ditch with two gaps. Analysis of animal bones from the ditch showed that meat from at least five large ungulates was used during the barrow’s construction and internment. Foal bones suggest the mound was built in the fall. The burial took place in a rectangular pit, roofed with oak logs, and looted in antiquity. In the pit, the left hind leg and part of the right rib cage (part of the carcass) of a subadult horse were placed as part of a high-quality burial meal. The deceased was likely a male, supported by the discovery of bronze arrowheads from a quiver set and an iron finial. A single bead decorated with seven dots on a blue background within a white eye may have been part of a bracelet. The barrow dates to the second to third quarter of the 4th century BC.
Keywords: left bank of the Lower Dniester, the Scythians, the 4th century BC, barrow, grave, animal bones, arrowheads
Information about authors:
Sergey Fidelski (Tiraspol, Moldova). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Pridnestrovian State University named after T. G. Shevchenko. Pokrovskaia St., 128, Tiraspol, MD-3300, Moldova
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-7112-4236
Sergey Razumov (Tiraspol, Moldova). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Pridnestrovian State University named after T. G. Shevchenko. Pokrovskaia St., 128, Tiraspol, MD-3300, Moldova
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-6030-9390
Dmitriy Patkevich (Tiraspol, Moldova). Pridnestrovian State University named after T. G. Shevchenko. Pokrovskaia St., 128, Tiraspol, MD-3300, Moldova
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0009-0007-6936-5533
Anton Kochnev (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation). PhD of history. Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin. Mira St., 19, Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0009-0001-9764-1765
Pavel Kosintsev (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 8th March St., 202, Yekaterinburg, 620130, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-0973-7426
Scopus Author ID: 22134777900
Аnatolii Usachuk (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117292, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-1028-1884
Vitalij Sinika (Tiraspol, Moldova). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Pridnestrovian State University named after T. G. Shevchenko. Pokrovskaia St., 128, Tiraspol, MD-3300, Moldova
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-1621-9205