Культурно-хронологические комплексы скифо-сарматской эпохи I Нижнепавловского курганного могильника в степном Приуралье
Cultural–Сhronological Complexes of the Scythian-Sarmatian Time from Nizhnepavlovka I Burial Ground in the Steppe Cis-Ural Region

Summary/Abstract: This is the first comprehensive introduction of the materials recovered during the excavations conducted in 1995 on Nizhnepavlovka I burial ground in the steppe Cis-Ural region. The necropolis contained impressive complexes dating to the Scythian-Sarmatian time (5th century BC — early 2nd century AD). A detailed analysis of the artefacts from several cultural-chronological complexes of this necropolis (5th century BC, 4th —3rd centuries BC, 3rd —2nd centuries BC, 1st century BC — early 2nd century AD) is supported by thorough references to the available research publications. A special attention is paid to the latest child’s burial in mound no. 3, which contained an anthropomorphic statuette dated by 1st century BC — early 2nd century AD. The third part of the paper addresses a discussion of the beginning of 20th century between V. A. Gorodtsov and N. I. Veselovsky about “miniature stone images”; it defines K. Ph. Smirnov’s contribution to the study of cultural-chronological value of anthropomorphic statuettes; it studies in detail chalky, alabaster and bone statuettes and amulets found within the territory of the steppe pre-Ural region. The final part analyzes Indo-Iranian female epic mythological characters from Northern Eurasia and defines religious value of the statuettes in the context of the Scythian-Sarmatian community.

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