Abstract
The paper presents the results of emergency excavations at the Kuraika burial ground (Kosh-Agach district of the Altai Republic) in 2015. Four burials were studied, located on a high cliff of the eroded edge of the terrace on the right bank of the Kuraika River. Two objects were burials of adults, made in relatively deep pits under rectangular ground structures. Two more small objects with children's burials were attached to these objects. According to their characteristics, the studied mounds correspond to other objects excavated at this site. The closest analogies to the burials of the Kuraika burial ground are found at the Ak-Kol-1 and Kaldzhin-6 sites, explored on the Ukok Plateau (Southern Altai). Common features of the funeral rite are also recorded at the Kok-Pash burial ground in Eastern Altai. Burials under ground structures of a rectangular shape of the second quarter belong to the Kok-Pash type of sites of the Hunno-Sarmatian time of Altai. They dated back to the second quarter of the 1st millennium AD.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
