Redvyntsi — the Funeral and Memorial Complex of a Rider of the Scythian Period in Northern Podillia

In 1973, the archaeological expedition of Kamianets-Podilskyi Pedagogical Institute under leadership A. F. Hutsal and I. S. Vynokur investigated mound no. 1 near Redvyntsi village in Khmelnytskyi District Oblast, upper reaches Southern Buh basin. The graveyard five mounds was located 0.5 km southwest from Redvyntsi, on territory collective farm garden. height embankments, 50—60 m each other, 1.8—2.7 m, diameter — 14—18 m. (the biggest group), eastern part burial ground, 2.5 18 A memorial complex discovered mound: cenotaph. It had a wooden structure with 4.4 top soil filling. centre layout there items. On side, traces ritual hearths ceramics them were found. Among finds, bridle items made bronze should be noted. Moreover, plates that shape circle, rosette diamond. Buckles found them. Weapons include an iron spearhead three-bladed arrowheads. glass bead among jewellery. finds have analogies many areas Northern Black Sea region during Scythian period: Eastern Podillia group, Dnipro River Right-bank forest-steppe region, Ukrainian Left-bank forest-steppe, Middle Don Steppe Scythia. Mound due to lack burial, can interpreted as cenotaph: construction which fire rituals took place, comparisons forest-steppe. According analogies, dated by 4th century BC. significant size mound, well rich inventory, indicate it built memory ancient warrior-horseman. deceased, who could died foreign land, probably belonged local nobility, headed one communities period, lived BC Buh.