Eneolithic Bronze Age mound near the village of Katerynivka in the Middle Prisamarye

The purpose is to analyse the materials of mound near Katerynivka in Petropavlivsky raiion Dnipropetrovska oblast studied by expedition Oles Honchar Dnipro National University 2016. Research methods: descriptive, typological, chronological, comparative historical. Main results. construction and 13 burial complexes Eneolithic – Bronze Age are analyzed. At time excavations, located on edge high root cape Samara River was significantly damaged due anthropogenic activity. There difficult ritual actions main № 9. tomb has stone mortgage cromlech with diameter Nord-South direction equal 5.2 m. skeleton an adult stretched out his back, head South. chalk sprinkling fixed bottom. miniature molded pot from 9 belongs ceramics Zhyvotylivsky culture type. Tombs no. 2–8, 10, belong Yamna culture. Rectangular tombs made use wood floor. Plant litter ocher found bottom graves. skeletons bent at oriented western semicircle (two cenotaphs). Two without skeletons. Concomitant equipment includes egg-shaped a flint chip. For some burials, backfilling carried mainly southern (to cape), which necessitated strengthening embankment form lining up 3.5 m wide small stones this direction. Tomb 12 Catacomb It round entrance well oval chamber attached it. young man or woman lay twisted right side, northeast. remains lamellar bronze bracelet ankle leg. Log burials (no. 1, 11) represented side northeast northwest orientation. ceramic poorly. Conclusions. ancient built period. Other constructions represent different periods Age. Practical meaning: published can be used generalizing research problems archeology Ukraine. Scientific novelty: cultural chronological features determined. Type article: analytical.