Burial clothing in Neolithic cemeteries of the Ukrainian steppe

Over 600 skeletons from numerous Neolithic cemeteries are known from the Pontic steppe. They came from the Lower Don, Azov-Dnieper and Surskaja cultures, with different sets of adornments on their burial clothing. The disposition of adornments provides valuable information on some items of burial cl...

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Main Author: Nadezhda Kotova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2010-12-01
Series:Documenta Praehistorica
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1973
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description Over 600 skeletons from numerous Neolithic cemeteries are known from the Pontic steppe. They came from the Lower Don, Azov-Dnieper and Surskaja cultures, with different sets of adornments on their burial clothing. The disposition of adornments provides valuable information on some items of burial clothing: caps, shirts with long sleeves, loincloths, and moccasins.
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spelling doaj.art-15a6deff1bc64d21a946904d5d1c0c9b2023-01-18T09:21:10ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922010-12-013710.4312/dp.37.14Burial clothing in Neolithic cemeteries of the Ukrainian steppeNadezhda Kotova0Institute of Archaeology, KievOver 600 skeletons from numerous Neolithic cemeteries are known from the Pontic steppe. They came from the Lower Don, Azov-Dnieper and Surskaja cultures, with different sets of adornments on their burial clothing. The disposition of adornments provides valuable information on some items of burial clothing: caps, shirts with long sleeves, loincloths, and moccasins.https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1973Pontic steppeNeolithic cemeteriesLower Don cultureAzov-Dnieper cultureSurskaja cultureadornments
spellingShingle Nadezhda Kotova
Burial clothing in Neolithic cemeteries of the Ukrainian steppe
Documenta Praehistorica
Pontic steppe
Neolithic cemeteries
Lower Don culture
Azov-Dnieper culture
Surskaja culture
adornments
title Burial clothing in Neolithic cemeteries of the Ukrainian steppe
title_full Burial clothing in Neolithic cemeteries of the Ukrainian steppe
title_fullStr Burial clothing in Neolithic cemeteries of the Ukrainian steppe
title_full_unstemmed Burial clothing in Neolithic cemeteries of the Ukrainian steppe
title_short Burial clothing in Neolithic cemeteries of the Ukrainian steppe
title_sort burial clothing in neolithic cemeteries of the ukrainian steppe
topic Pontic steppe
Neolithic cemeteries
Lower Don culture
Azov-Dnieper culture
Surskaja culture
adornments
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/1973
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