Archaeological research of catacomb burial complexes in the Middle Seversky Donets basin (70s – early 90s of the 20th century)
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5164-2024-5-270-282
Abstract
Aim. To review the history of archaeological research of catacomb burial complexes in the 70s – early 90s of the 20th century in the territorial limits of the Middle Seversky Donets basin.
Methodology. A brief overview of the history of archaeological research of kurgan monuments with an emphasis on catacomb burial complexes has been prepared based on the analysis of publications and archival reports.
Results. Three separate directions for the development of research on the kurgan monuments of the region have been identified. The first of them occurred in the 1970s and is associated with the activities of exclusively academic expeditions of the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR; the second direction is marked by the research of the university archaeological expeditions of DonSU and KSU mainly in the 1980s; the third is characterized by the sporadic research of local expeditions throughout the period under review.
Research implications. The results of the conducted research are important for the development of the regional history of archaeological research of various cultural and chronological epochs.
About the Author
P. P. Kovalenko
Lugansk State Pedagogical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Petr P. Kovalenko – Research Assistant, Archaeology and Ethnography Center,
ul. Oboronnaya 2, Lugansk 91011
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