COMPLEX FORMS OF FUNERAL RITUAL AT BARBARIAN SITES IN THE CRIMEAN FOOTHILLS FROM THE 4th CENTURY BC – 3rd CENTURY AD
Journal: Российская археология / Russian archeology
Year: 2025

The article examines complex forms of funeral rites of the Scythian and late Scythian population of Crimea in the 4th century BC – 3rd century AD including those associated with the use of specially equipped stone crypts-ossuaries. The results of archaeological studies of the Kara-Tau burial grounds, the Chigirnik, Sary-Kaya and Tavel, and Opushki burial mounds are presented, which demonstrate the peculiarities of the funeral rites of the Crimea barbarian population in the Hellenistic and Roman