Abstract
The article presents cenotaphs of the Bulan-Koby culture, excavated at the Karban-I necropolis (Chemalsky district of the Altai Republic). The authors characterize the general and specific features of kurgans No. 16, 17, 23, 36 (planigraphy, construction of mounds, arrangement of under-kurgan structures, accompanying inventory) based on their comparison with known information about other sites of the region of the 2nd century BC - 5th century AD. Two options for interpreting the published objects are proposed: they were “miniature” cenotaphs intended for adults and children, or symbolic burials of children who died, for example, during childbirth or as a result of some kind of accident when the child’s body was lost. The choice of one ofthese points ofview is made difficult by the absence of informative inventory in the kurgans, as well as by the localization that does not demonstrate their predominant connection with male, female or children’s graves.
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