The Catacomb No. 74 of the Verkhnii Saltiv Main Burial Ground

The materials of the catacomb burial, investigated in 1988 by expedition Kharkiv Historical Museum under leadership V. H. Borodulin, located on main site early medieval burial ground near Verkhnii Saltiv village (Verkhnii Burial Ground-I, hereinafter — VSBG-I), are introduced into scientific circulation. had a long (6.3 m) and deep (5.05 dromos, western part which path re-entry chamber was fixated. chamber, transverse to contained remains three people (a man, woman, teenage girl) who traces deliberate destruction committed ancient times (Fig. 1: 1). Despite this, rich inventory found included: weapons (sabre, two chisel-axes); household items (two adz-hoes, jug); personal jewelry (earrings, beads, bracelets, rings); toiletry (mirrors, toilet boxes); details clothing; elements belt set; amulets. According set, this complex is dated second third quarters 9th century. feature presence silver earring it 13), finds broad analogies Slavic-Avar antiquities Danube region. On monuments Dnieper Left-Bank forest-steppe, similar earrings were Volyntsev culture half 8th centuries. A plaque-frame with an anthropomorphic image 12) not typical for classical antiquities, stylistically close plaques from Hungarian (burial No. 2) Subotsi (Ukraine, Kirovohrad Oblast). these 74 testifies contacts Alans Siverskyi Donets basin century simultaneously representatives conquered Slavic tribes Hungarians, allies Khazar Khaganate.