New funeral site of the transitional time from the Bronze Epoch to the Early Iron Age

Authors

  • Andrey Vladimirovich Epimakhov Author
  • Emma Radikovna Usmanova Author

Abstract

The article is about the results of excavation of Lisacovskii VI cemetery
(kurgan 2), dated by the first centuries of I millennium cal BC. Very small stone
burial mound contained single grave with partial skeleton, ceramic vessel, small
stone altar and fossil mollusk shell. Many traces of fire were found in the process
of excavation. This complex has only some analogies (burial rites and goods) in
the materials of the Ural and Kazakhstan. The period is poorly documented with
the archaeological records, because this time was characterized by the nomadic
traditions forming and multidirectional migrations in the steppe zone. The system
of communication changed radically in the end of the Bronze epoch

Author Biographies

  • Andrey Vladimirovich Epimakhov

    professor of Department of Ancient History
    and Ethnology of Eurasia (South Ural State University) (Chelyabinsk, Russia),
    Dr, author of more then 180 works, including three monographs and nine chapters of
    collective books. The field of interests covers problems of ancient history of Northern
    Eurasia and social archaeology.

  • Emma Radikovna Usmanova

    researcher of Saryarka Archaeological Institute
    of E. A. Buketov Karaganda State University

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Historical Sciences