| Summary: | The article presents the results of a study of the unique sacrifice of the Levinsadovka sacrificial complex. On it were found large accumulations of animal bones near the buildings. An analogue of this sacrificial complex in the Northern Black Sea region not previously detected. Planigraphy of the sacrificial complex analyzed by arhaeoastronomical methods. The new method of calculating the terrain elevations with the use of topographic maps has been developed within this research to improve the accuracy. The location of bone clusters and the location of single finds of ancient stone tools were compared with the bearings of the rising and setting of the Sun and the Moon in the astronomically significant moments of the year. The orientation to important directions, associated with the Moon, in the organization of the sacrificial complex was identified as a result of this comparison. Detected orientation of the Levinsadovka sacrificial complex allows considering it the Moon sanctuary. Sacrificed fragments of stone tools with smooth surface were located on the Moon directions as did clusters of bones. Using folklore data it is concluded that the stone tools symbolized thunderstones, and were regarded as fragments of the stone Sky or the Moon in the Bronze Age, most likely.
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