Abstract
Based on the elaboration of a wide range of sources and literature, several archaeological sites, which represent the under-slab burial grounds of princely age on the territory of Volhynian land and Galician-Volynian borderline are distinguished. The source base has verified, new and little known facts of the results of archaeological research carried out during the end of XIX-XX centuries are introduced to the academic community. The proposed work is based on the principle of cataloging, rather than interpreting highlighted material or determining their genesis etc. Instead of that, an attempt was made to delineate as closely as possible the circumstances of the discovery, the study history and, most importantly, the topography, shape and context of the burial object in all its possible aspects. The problems of the presence under the slab burial grounds on the territory of the Ukrainian Sub-Carpathian region has repeatedly attracted the attention of Ukrainian, Polish and Slovak researchers, and consequently produced different theories as to their origin. However, the main focus of scientists is still concentrated mainly on the sites of the highest accumulation of under the slab burial grounds in the Dnister River Basin. The necropolises, which have been found in the territory of Volhyn (Western Bug, Styr and Horyn basins), either skip the attention or concisely note the presence of only separate under the slab graves within the cemeteries. Fair to say, the main reason for this tendency is the lack of comprehensive information on the subject of research in the scientific literature. It is determined the expending of such works in this area, the embodiment of which is the proposed article. It was investigated that a significant part of under the slab burial grounds was accidentally discovered or did not attract the attention of the scientists during stationary studies, so information on them is extremely limited. Despite this, there is still a noticeable tendency to found luxury objects in under the slab burials. Information about the location of individual burials, their amount, and characteristic are managed to expand. Their topography is represented by the southern part of Volhynian land. Key words: Middle Ages, Rus’, Volhyn, under the slab burials, necropolises, grave, funeral culture.
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