MAIASP. 2021. No. 13 Valentin Dergaciov ( THE BudJak “culture” through the prism of
mapping ANALYSIS DOI: 10.53737/2713-2021.2021.84.36.002 Access this
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Despite
the huge number of summarizing studies, prehistoric archaeologists still do
not have a clear idea neither of the precise definition for the Pit Graves
sites situated between the Carpathians and the Dniester, nor, accordingly, of
the real position these sites might have occupy within the entire structure
of the Pit Graves complex. As a result of the study,
a significant series of artifact categories, such as Budjak
type vessels, spiral temple rings, tubular beads, etc., were found to be
closely related with specific configurations of burial rites, and these sets
of evidence were revealed to display special patterns of distribution within
the area under study. The groups of graves identified thus far may surely
mark sequential chronological phases; they are manifested
in the form of relatively stable combinations of qualitative and quantitative
signatures reflecting two principal stages of the Pit Graves Culture between
the Carpathians and the |
Key words: Carpathian-Dniester region,
Bronze age, Yamnaya culture, periodization,
mapping. |
Received
May 30, 2021 Accepted
for publication June 15, 2021 |
About the author: Dergaciov Valentin ( E-mail: dergacev@mail.ru |