MIDDLE BRONZE SECONDARY BURIALS IN THE AZOV-KUBAN PLAIN

Abstract

This study aims to describe 8 so-called secondary burials discovered in the territory of the Azov-Kuban Plain. These burials represent a rare type of interments corresponding to the Middle Bronze Age. The conducted analysis confirms that this type of interments was rarely used in the Early Catacomb Period and acquired a mass character in the period of the Baturin culture. The spread of this unusual type of interments can be explained by the specific economic conditions involving seasonal cattle grazing, as well as by the tradition of final and obligatory