Pages: 133-155 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp262133155
This work introduces and analyzes a burial of the Dnieper-Prut Babino culture from the barrow of the Kremennaya Balka cemetery, excavated on the left bank of the Lower Dniester in 2023. It is a double burial with two moderately flexed skeletons, lying face to face with their heads facing north. The interred were accompanied by a handmade three-part vessel, a round bone buckle with a large central hole, and five beads compactly arranged within the vessel (a composite bracelet?). One of the beads is made from antler; specialized studies have shown that the other four were made of faience. A comprehensive analysis of the vessel’s contents allowed us to reconstruct the burial food left for the deceased. Most likely, the vessel contained porridge made from wild grains or millet, cooked in milk (or butter) and sweetened with honey. The radiocarbon date of the burial, obtained from the wood of the ceiling, falls within the range of the mid-21 st to early 19 th centuries BC. This dating of the grave is consistent with the presumed chronological position of the ceramic vessel and the bone buckle discovered within it.
Keywords: North-West Black Sea region, Lower Dniester region, Late Bronze Age, Babino cultural circle, ceramics, bone buckle, faience beads
Information about authors:
Olga Rumyantseva (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: 0000-0001-5648-6079
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
Anna Babenko (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117292, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-6805-5476
Viktoria Belonosova (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation). Institute of Physics and Technology of the Ural Federal University. Mira St., 21, Yekaterinburg, 620078, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0009-0006-9227-9783
Varvara Bakumenko (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Earth Sciences. Institute of Geology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 29 Staromonetniy lane, Moscow, 119017, Russian Federation. Staromonetniy Lane, 29, Moscow, 119017, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-0484-9795
Oksana Zanina (Puschino, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. Institute of Physico-Chemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Institutskaya St., 2, 142290, Pushchino, Pushchino municipal district, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-7153-776X
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