Barry Cunlife - The Scythians

the rise of the pontic steppe scythians
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horse graves
CHERTOMLŸK
niche
grooms
niche
A
B
room
niche
7
graverobbers’
tunnel
A
4
3
1
2
chamber 3 chamber 4
shaft
0 2 m
chamber 1
chamber 2
5.14 Chertomlÿk. The central grave chamber and the separate graves for horses.
B
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which had probably been used in the funeral procession, together with the body of
the driver.
The movement of the Sauromatian elite into the land of the Scythians in the fourth
century brought with it not only the new style of catacomb burial but also a social
system which allowed women to hold the status of warriors. This is manifest in a
number of burials. The female who was buried at Kut in the lower Dnieper region
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