The issue of dating the Starokirgizovsky burial ground of Pyany Bor culture in the Ik-Belaya interfluve
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https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2025.5.8.19Keywords:
archaeology, early Iron Age, Pyany Bor culture, Starokirgizovsky burial ground, chronological frameworkAbstract
The paper concerns the dating of the Starokirgizovsky burial ground of Pyanobor culture located in the Ik-Belaya interfluve. Based on an analysis of the archaeological material obtained during the excavations of the 1970s and the resumed studies of 2016-2025, the authors propose an updated chronological framework of the monument. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the funeral rite and the discovered bronze arrowheads and figure eight-shaped clasps as chronological markers. The Starokirgizovsky burial ground is compared with other key monuments of the Pyanobor culture, such as the Kipchaksky I burial ground, which has allowed to synchronize its lower dating. The upper date of the burial ground has been established based on an analysis of the beads. As a result of the study, the dating of the Starokirgizovsky burial ground to the 2nd century BC – 1st century AD is substantiated and its importance for understanding the Pyanobor culture formation processes in the Syun-Belaya interfluve is emphasized.
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