About P. Fedotov and R. Erkert’s excavations of Scythian burial mounds in the vicinity of Stavropol in 1881
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-676X-2022-5-155-163
Abstract
Aim. To determine the authorship and sequence of the first excavations of Scythian mounds in the vicinity of Stavropol. To introduce into scientific circulation and attribute the complexes excavated by P. Fedotov and R. Erkert in 1881.
Methodology. The main content of the study is the analysis of documents related to the first archaeological excavations in the vicinity of Stavropol in 1881, as well as the analysis of the material revealed during the excavation. As the main method, the comparative typological one is used. The comparative analysis of the shapes of ceramics, spindle, bronze mirror with the similar objects from the monuments of Koban culture and the Northern Black Sea region made it possible to clarify the chronology of the sites, as well as to outline the possible directions of product receipts to the region.
Results. Analysis of the documents showed that the complex of the IV century BC, published by R. Erkert, from the mound of 1881, stored in the Hermitage, was excavated by P. Fedotov, and the mound of early Scythian time was investigated by R. Erkert.
Research implications. New material on the topic under study is summarized, information about the excavations of P. Fedotov and the materials from the excavations of R. Erkert are introduced to scientific circulation.
About the Author
Yu. A. Prokopenko
North-Caucasus Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yury A. Prokopenko – Dr. Sci (History), Prof., Department of Social Philosophy and Ethnology
ul. Pushkina 1, Stavropol 355009
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