The Steksovo II burial ground

The article is dedicated to the results of many-years’ (1990-2010) excavations on the ancient Mordovian Steksovo II burial ground site. The burial ground had functioned in the 3rd to 13th centuries AD. The investigations revealed hundreds of burials, which enabled the researchers to judge upon the wealth of material items found and the variety of burial rites of the population that had formed the burial ground. The 1st millennium AD is characterized by bi-ritualism, while inhumation is characteristic of the 11-13th-century period; horses’ burials were also discovered. The data of the burial ground make it possible to modify the concept of the stages in ancient Mordovians ethnogenesis. It is generally attributed to the Erzya Mordvins, but in early burials the combination of the Erzya and Moksha ancientries is traced. Complexes of the items of crucial importance for the chronology of the burial are discussed in the article with a representation of statistical data characterizing funeral rites and traditions..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:4

Enthalten in:

Поволжская археология - 4(2014), 10, Seite 82-96

Sprache:

Russisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Martianov Vladimir N. [VerfasserIn]
Egoshin Alexei L. [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Archaeology
Burial ground
Burial rite
Chronology
Ethnogenesis
Funeral inventory
The Middle Ages
The Oka River basin
The ancient Mordovians

doi:

10.24852/pa2014.4.10.82.96

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DOAJ077898796