Pages: 321-338 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp262321338
This article presents the first publication of materials from 39 burials of the Usatovo culture at the Korotnoye/Kulak cemetery, excavated in 2023 on the right bank of the Kuchurgan estuary. The article examines the burial structures and features of the ritual, as well as the main categories of grave goods: 10 painted vessels, 66 vessels with an admixture of crushed shell in dough and with inset ornamentation; 7 anthropomorphic figurines and fragments of another; 2 miniature antler finials; a metal bead; a stone pestle and pendant; flint flakes and 6 microliths — arrowheads. The primary results of archaeozoological and radiocarbon analyses are presented. A conclusion is drawn regarding the prospects for further study of the Usatovo cemetery of Korotnoye/Kulak.
Keywords: North-West Black Sea region, Kuchurgan estuary, Usatovo culture, Eneolithic, Early Bronze Age, barrows, graves
Information about authors:
Sergey Razumov (Tiraspol, Moldova). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Pridnestrovian State University named after T. G. Shevchenko. Pokrovskaia St., 128, Tiraspol, 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, 3300, Moldova
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0009-0007-6936-5533
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
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
Dmitry Gimranov (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: 0000-0002-9592-5211
Vitalij Sinika (Tiraspol, Moldova). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Pridnestrovian State University named after T. G. Shevchenko. Pokrovskaia St., 128, Tiraspol, 3300, Moldova
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-1621-9205