Pages: 329-339

The paper considers two early medieval burial mound complexes investigated in the North-Western Black Sea region, in the south of the Dniester-Prut interfluve. A fragment of the arrowhead and gold foil were preserved from the grave 13/1 from Olănești cemetery (the right bank of the Lower Dniester), and only gold foil were preserved from the burial 6/4 from Balabanu-2 cemetery. It is evident that these graves belonged to ordinary community members.
Modern analysis of the funerary rite (bone from sacrificial food near the buried shoulder, the presence of charcoal in the grave) and a few accompanying equipment (arrowhead wrapped in gold foil, as well as finds of gold foil plates of various shapes) allow us to consider these burials to be Hungarian and date them to the 9th — the beginning of the 10th century.

Keywords: Etelköz, North-West Black Sea region, 9th century, Early Hungarian graves, golden foil, arrowhead

Information about authors:

Maksym Kvitnytskyi (Tiraspol, Moldova). Pridnestrovian State University named after T. G. Shevchenko. 25 Oktiabria St., 128, Tiraspol, MD-3300, Moldova
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Attila Türk (Budapest, Hungary). PhD. Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Institute of Archaeology. Egyetem St., 1, Piliscsaba, 2087, Pest County, Hungary
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Nikolai Telnov (Kishinev, Moldova). Doctor of History. Pridnestrovian State University named after T. G. Shevchenko. 25 Oktiabria St., 128, Tiraspol, MD-3300, Moldova 
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Sergey Lysenko (Kiev, Ukraine). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Geroev Stalingrada Ave., 12, Kiev, 04210, Ukraine
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Vitalij Sinika (Tiraspol, Moldova). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Pridnestrovian State University named after T. G. Shevchenko. 25 Oktiabria St., 128, Tiraspol, MD-3300, Moldova
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