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E.A. Tyrina

Classification of Burial Constructions of the Afanasyevo Culture

This article is devoted to the creation of classification of burial constructions, which belong to Afanasyevo culture. Analyzing 256 burials from 57 cemeteries we allocated 43 types of the constructions and revealed a specificity of their territorial and planigrafical distribution. The creation of common classification scheme of Afanasyevo funeral constructions is an important achievement allowing to trace a distinction in cultural and historical development of "Afanasyevo people" in the different regions of South Siberia. The burial rite used by aeneolitic population of Minusinsk#s Hollow seems more unified. The findings obtained in Afanasyevo burial complexes from Altai, Kazakhstan, Tuva show significant variety.

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