MONGUN-TAIGA TYPE BURIAL FROM THE VALLEY OF THE ZHOMBOLOK RIVER (THE OKINSKY DISTRICT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURYATIA)
Abstract
The article examines the results of excavations of complex 1 of the Sharza-3 burial ground in the Okinsky region of Buryatia, which were introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. The burial ground is located 1.4 km northeast of the Sharza ulus, on the left bank of the river. Zhombolok at the foot of the mountain. The height of the mound of the complex 1 is 0.5 m, the diameter is 5.6 m. It is made of stones. Under the mound, on the ancient surface of the earth, an oval ring was built from large stones, oriented along the NW-SE line. Individual human bones have been discovered inside the ring on the ancient horizon. Probably, the buried person was located elongated and oriented to the northwest. No artifacts were found in the burial. To date, Sharza-3–1 is the first burial explored on the Oka Plateau. Judging by the radiocarbon date, the time of its construction dates back to the first half of the 8th century. BC. The peculiarities of the funeral ritual bring Sharza-3–1 closer to the burials of the Mongun-Taiga type, known in the Late Bronze Age in Western, Central and Northern Mongolia, the Altai Mountains, Tuva and South-Eastern Buryatia. The relevance of the study is determined by the insufficient knowledge of archaeological sites on the territory of the Mountain Oka and the lack of a cultural and chronological periodization of archaeological sites the South-Eastern Sayan.
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