Mordovian Cemeteries of 3rd–5th Centuries and the Unity of Their Early Culture
Journal Title: Поволжская Археология - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 19
Abstract
This article, based on the new archaeological materials, considers the problem of existence of a solid early Mordovian culture and determines the indisputable ancient Mordovian funerary sites . Details of female head set – as one of the most reliable ethnic sign – allowed attributing 14 burial grounds to this culture. Their geographical location allows us to assert that there was a solid early Mordovian community in the Oka - Sura - Tsna interfluvial zone in the 3rd–5th centuries. The author maintains that their division into two sub-ethnic groups - Erzya and Moksha - began later, not earlier than in 6th – 7th centuries, and was complete by the beginning of the II millennium AD.
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Viktor Vikhlyaev
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.24852/pa2017.1.19.205.215
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