About Cremation Burials in the Middle Reaches of the Seversky Donets River

The article discusses the presence in middle reaches of Seversky Donets River Khazar burials carried out by rite cremation, which are known upstream river, within forest-steppe. Previously, only such burial ground this, steppe, territory was considered "burial 2" archaeological complex Mayaki. In recent years, discovery three more necropolises steppe zone has been announced. mapping complexes no. on monument's plan Mayaki shows that they a series pits scattered far apart from each other, including residential part settlement. contain no calcified bones, burnt objects or other items relevant to cremation burials. There is reason attribute these single ground, nor there any classify them as "cremations". Other sites (Bondarikha, Gosudarev Yar, Tatyanovka) completely destroyed looters. Thus, basis materials, claim course River.