Scythian Age Barrows with Burials on the Ground Surface in the Southern Ural Steppes: Features of the Funerary Rite
Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: The article describes burials on the buried soil horizon in southern Ural, dating to 600–300 BC and associated with the culture of nomadic animal breeders. The database includes published data on 37 burial mounds. Instead of digging graves, the nomads built above-ground wooden or adobe structures. Sometimes bodies were placed on wooden fl oors or platforms. Weapons found in burials include swords, daggers, arrowheads, and items of horse harness. In female burials, small stone altars, ornaments, mirrors, and utensils are found. Clay vessels are common. In the late 6th and 5th centuries BC, the tradition of placing bodies on the buried soil level was common in the eastern part of the southern Ural steppes. By ca 400 BC, it had virtually disappeared.
Author: V. N. Myshkin
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2761366959