A KURGAN NEAR THE VILLAGE OF NOGIR AND THE PROBLEM OF CULTURAL ATTRIBUTION OF MIDDLE BRONZE AGE MONUMENTS IN NORTH OSSETIA

Abstract

Aim. To describe a burial mound near Nogir, a village in the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia as a monument characterizing the Early and Middle Bronze Age in the Central North Caucasus region. Methodology. The mound under study was characterized as a reference monument of the Bronze Age in the Central North Caucasus region using stratigraphic, comparative typological and comparative historical methods. Results. As a result of the study it was found that the transition from the Kuban-Terek to the Catacomb culture in North Ossetia took place according to an algorithm of the formation of the early Catacomb horizon in other regions of Eastern Europe: the change of the burial structure from the pit to the catacomb while preserving the rite and complex of the inventory of the previous culture. Research implications. The research results give a contribution to the archaeological history of the Ciscaucasia and the Central North Caucasus. Kurgan near the village. Nogir is the most important evidence of the genetic relationship and continuity of the Kuban-Terek and Early Catacomb cultures on the territory of North Ossetia both among themselves and with the circle of Corded Ware and Globular amphorae cultures of Central Europe that is confirmed by the data of areal linguistics.