The article publishes materials from the Ust-Belokurikha 3 burial ground. The site is located in the Smolensk District of the Altai Territory. The burial ground was destroyed during construction work. There were five burial mounds on the site. One burial mound was excavated. Its artificial hill had been built of stone. There was one burial in the center of the mound. The deceased in the grave was laid on his back and his head was oriented to the southwest. His legs were bent. The specifics of the funeral rite allow dating the site to the Early Iron Age. Preliminary dating of the necropolis can be attributed to the Bystryanskaya culture. The absence of visually prominent mounds at the site is characteristic of most mound necropolises of this kind in the northern foothills of Altai. Those sites were destroyed during the intensive anthropogenic use of the area. Continuing plowing of the land containing archaeological sites in the foothill zone creates an additional threat to the deteriorating condition of the ancient burial mounds. Keywords: burial mound, early Iron Age, Scythian-Saka time, northern foothills of Altai, Bystryanskaya culture
Институт нефтегазовой геологии и геофизики им. А.А. Трофимука СО РАН, Новосибирск, Россия * Работа выполнена при финансовой поддержке РФФИ (проект №19-49-220006 «Крупные курганы элиты древних и средневековых кочевников на территории Алтайского края как объекты экскурсионно-туристической деятельности: историко-археологические и естественно-научные исследования»), а также в рамках Государственного задания №8.11900.2018/11.12.
* Исследования выполнены при финансовой поддержке РФФИ, проекты №18-05-00864 «Разработка теории и методов археологического ГИС-картографирования и анализа геоархеологических данных (на примере модельных территорий Алтая)» и №19-49-220006 «Крупные курганы элиты древних и средневековых кочевников на территории Алтайского края как объекты экскурсионно-туристической деятельности: историко-археологические и естественно-научные исследования».
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