essay

Excavations of the Aksai kurgans in the Volga-Don region (Russia)

kurgans, ritual sites, and settlements : eurasian bronze and iron age • Oxford • Published In 2000 • Pages: 43-62

By: Dyachenko, A. N., Skripkin, A. S. (Anatoly Stepanovich), Klepikov, V. M., Kubyshkin, A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich), Mabe, A..

Abstract
Dyachenko et alii excavated several kurgans near the Aksai River in Russia. Two kurgans were constructed in the Early Iron Age (Kurgans 2 and 3) and three burials from this cemetery are dated to the Sauromatian Culture, but only one internment (burial 3 of Kurgan 3) had been undisturbed. This internment contained an imported Greek amphora, the first of its kind found in a Sauromatian burial. Only the material pertaining to the Sauromatian Culture was indexed for Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM) codes.
Subjects
Identification
Burial practices and funerals
Chronologies and culture sequences
tradition
Early Nomad
HRAF PubDate
2002
Region
Asia
Sub Region
Central Asia
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Sarah Berry ; 2001
Field Date
1997
Coverage Date
2600 BP-2500 BP (600 B.C.-500 B.C.)
Coverage Place
Aksai Kurgans; Sauromatian Culture; Russia
Notes
A. N. Dyachenko, A. S. Skripkin, V. M. Klepikov, A. I. Kubyshkin, A. Mabe
Translated from Russian by A. I. Kubyshkin and A. Mabe
Includes bibliographical references (p. 47)
LCCN
2001320166
LCSH
Asia, Central--Antiquities