Modelling the Subsistence Economy of the Settlement Rykan-3 in the Don Forest-Steppe
Journal: Godišnjak Centra za balkanološka ispitivanja
Year: 2023

This article presents a reconstruction of a subsistence strategy at the Middle Bronze Age settlementRykan-3. The settlement is located in the centre of the Don forest-steppe and dates to 26th–24th century BC; it wasmostly excavated in 2009–2014. Rykan-3 is of particular interest because, unlike many other Bronze Age settlementsin the South of Eastern Europe, it yielded only a single cultural layer, which was deposited during the existenceof the settlement of the Middle Don Catacomb culture. Main