Eneolithic Burials in the Western White Sea Region: cultural and chronological attribution
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https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2025.4.58.72Keywords:
archaeology, burial, Neolithic, rhomb-pit ware culture, porous ware of the Zalavruga type, White SeaAbstract
The article deals with the results of studying the materials of the Eneolithic burials discovered in the 70s of the XX century in the Western White Sea region during the research of three ancient settlements containing finds from different periods. The analysis of the data obtained, conducted by drawing a wide range of analogies from archaeological sites dated by the radiocarbon method, allowed not only to clarify the age of the burials, but also to determine their attribution to specific cultures (Eneolithic ceramic assemblages) known in the region. Most of the grave goods found in the Eneolithic burials of the Western White Sea region were apparently obtained through exchange with the population of the Lake Onegs region (items made of slate (metatuff)), the Southern White Sea region (flint tools), the Southeastern Baltic (jewelry made of amber).
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