Eneolithic-early bronze age graves from the Dyunnoye I ground cemetery

A ground cemetery dating to the Eneolithic-Early Bronze Age was excavatedin the course of the examination of a Srubnaya (timber-Srubnaya grave) culture nearthe village of Starocherkasskaya in the Aksay district, Rostov Oblast. The discoveredgraves revealed the deceased placed in extended or contracted position and accompaniedby funeral offerings, namely, three vessels, flint implements and pendants made fromanimal teeth. One case of stratigraphy of the graves was established. The funeral offeringsand distinctive features of the burial rite provide an opportunity to compare the site withthe Koysug kurgan burial ground explored in 1966-1972. There are analogies among otherkurgan sites located in the Left bank of the Lower Don and the Middle Don Regions.