New research results of uelgi burial complex in 2013

Abstract

The Uelgi burial ground is in Chelyabinsk region (Kunashaksky district) on the western shore of
Uelgi Lake. This article describes the results of archaeological field research of 2013. Investigated five kurgans, from which occurs 17 burial pits, most of them have been destroyed. The only intact (whole) was object of baby burial in kurgan 9. Buried accompanied by numerous decorations of clothing and belt. At the head (behind the head) lay ceramic vessel and in the legs — remnants of stirrup and bridle ornaments. Numerous analogies allow dating to IX—X centuries. Five-year study results suggest the three ethno-cultural components, that made a burial complex: Altai Srostkino (Kimak, Kipchack) native forest (Yudino, Ugric) and Kushnarenko-Karayakupo. In our opinion, in the last entered Magyar component.