The Neck-Ring Grave in the Cemetery of Klin-Yar and Its Place in the Hierarchy of Privileged Women’s Burials from the Great Migration Period in the North Caucasus
Journal: Slovenská archeológia
Year: 2020

This paper analyses the social rank of a privileged woman's burial containing a neck-ring and gold ornaments, investigated in the cemetery of Klin-Yar in the North Caucasus (Stavropol region, near the modern city of Kislovodsk). This rare neck-ring with the medallion featuring the inlay style, surely of 'high-status' nature, indicated the high social rank of its owner. Parallels to this neck-ring with inlay medallion occurred in the 'princely' grave of Bol'shoi Kamenets in the Middle Dnieper are