Kurgans and nomads: new investigations of mound burials in the southern Urals

A new study of the group of kurgans (burial mounds) which stands near Orenburg at the south end of the Ural mountains has revealed a sequence that began in the early Bronze Age and continued intermittently until the era of the Golden Horde in the Middle Ages. The application of modern techniques of...

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Published inAntiquity Vol. 80; no. 308; pp. 303 - 317
Main Authors Morgunova, N.L., Khokhlova, O.S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.06.2006
Subjects
Archaeology
Bronze Age
Burial
burial mounds
Culture
Cutting tools
Dairy products
Funerals
Funerary archaeology
Grasses
Iron Age
Kazakhstan
kurgan
Middle Ages
Millennium
Mounds
Nomadism
Nomads
Russia
Russia
Eastern Europe
Europe
kurgan
burial mounds
Iron Age
Bronze Age
Russia
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Summary:A new study of the group of kurgans (burial mounds) which stands near Orenburg at the south end of the Ural mountains has revealed a sequence that began in the early Bronze Age and continued intermittently until the era of the Golden Horde in the Middle Ages. The application of modern techniques of cultural and environmental investigation has thrown new light on the different circumstances and contexts in which mound burial was practised, and confirmed the association between investment in burial and nomadism.
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1745-1744
DOI:10.1017/S0003598X00093637