- PII
- S0869-60630000392-4-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume / Issue 3
- Pages
- 102-120
- Abstract
- In the forest-steppe Scythia over 40 fortified and open settlements of the 7th-3rd cc. BC are known. At some of them human remains were discovered. Some burials, not culturally related with functioning settlements and showing rituall sfeatures identical to usual cemeteries have been excavated. Assemblages of another type are represented by skeletons of children and adults depoisited in dwelling and household constructions, as well as isolated human bones placed in construction trenches, sacrificial complexes and cultural layers of the settlements. Some researchers interpreted these remains as traces of the armed conflicts, sacrifices or cannibalism. There are all grounds to consider them an evidence of specific funeral practices of the forest-steppe population.
- Keywords
- Forest-steppe Scythia, fortified settlements, open sellements, burials, human remains
- Date of publication
- 01.07.2016
- Year of publication
- 2016
- Number of purchasers
- 1
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- 659
RAS History & PhilologyСлавяноведение Slavianovedenie
- ISSN (Print) 0869-544X
- ISSN (Online) 2949-3927
BURIALS AND HUMAN REMAINS ON HABITATION SITES OF THE STEPPE-FOREST SCYTHIA: THE STATE OF SOURCES
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