The Saka ‘Animal Style’ in Context: Material, Technology, Form and Use by Saltanat Amir, Rebecca C. Roberts

“…Recent excavations of burial mounds (kurgans) in the East Kazakhstan region have provided invaluable data on the depositional contexts of such objects. …”
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About the Elite of Middle Sarmatian Society Based on Archaeological Materials of the Lower Volga Region by Anatoliy S. Skripkin

“…They were found in the burial mounds 45 and 51 near the Peregruznoe village.…”
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Toponymic Dictionary of Kalmykia. Review of the book: Gedeeva, D. B., Ubushieva, B. E., Lidzhieva, L. A., & Barinova, B. V. (Eds.). (2019). Slovar’ toponimov Respubliki Kalmykiia [... by Tamara G. Basangova

“…In this vein, apart from discussing the “formal” features of the dictionary, the review analyzes the culturally significant layers of Kalmyk toponyms presented there (names of steppe burial mounds, water bodies, sacred places, etc.). Considering the prospects of making a new, even more complete version of the dictionary, the reviewer gives her recommendations on advancing the etymological research and the improvement of the reference part of this edition.…”
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On the Succession of Sarmatian Population in the East-European Steppes by Balabanova Mariya A.

“…In this connection, it is assumed that the partial continuity of anthropological types of different cultural, historical and local groups is linked to: 1) partial preservation of substrate Early Sarmatian population over the 4th- 3rd centuries BC – first half of 2nd-4th centuries AD; 2) the direction and character of penetration of nomadic groups who migrated from the East into steppe space; 3) design of a single system of seasonal migrations which involves the presence of winter and summer camps, and the presence of burial mounds; 4) the inclusion of a horde of nomadic pastoral population groups moved all over the steppes, from between Volga and Ural to the Lower Don; 5) the fact that male migrants married local women.…”
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Reconstruction of Original Content of the Kurgan Funeral Vessels Based on Microbial and Enzymatic Parameters by Natalia Kashirskaya, Tatiana Khomutova, Kamilla Dushchanova, Flavio Fornasier, Denis Kovalev

“…The results of the assessment of enzymatic activity made it possible to reconstruct the original contents of burial vessels from two burial mounds “Beysuzhek-35” (Bronze Age) and “Spokoynyy” (Bronze Age and Early Iron Age). …”
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The Sarmatian Burial from “Kirpichnyy” Barrow in Kuban Region by Natalya Yu. Limberis, Ivan I. Marchenko

“…Cast mirrors of Prokhorov Type are often found in Sarmatian burial mounds of the Kuban region of the 3rd – 1st c. …”
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Landscape and Settlement over 4 Millennia on the South Side of Lake Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan: Preliminary Results of Survey Research in 2019–2021 by Claudia Chang, Sergei S. Ivanov, Perry A. Tourtellotte

“…During the surveys, about 350 loci were identified as settlements, burial mounds, graves, single artifact finds, and artifact scatters (ceramic). …”
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Lipid residues in ancient pastoralist pottery from Kazakhstan reveal regional differences in cooking practices by Natsuki Murakami, Akhan Onggaruly, Saule Rakhimzhanova, Edward A. Standall, Helen M. Talbot, Alexandre Lucquin, Miho Suzuki, Arhat Karimagambetov, Abdinur Nuskabay, Sang-Won Nam, Oliver E. Craig, Shinya Shoda, Shinya Shoda

“…In this study, lipid residue analysis was conducted on 72 pottery sherds, excavated from three burial mounds and one non-burial, ritual site located in Kazakhstan, dating to ca. 700–200 BCE. …”
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Panicoids in Xiongnu burial ground (Mongolia, First Century AD): problems of identification by E.A. Korolyuk, A.A. Krasnikov, N.V. Polosmak

“…The paper summarizes the data on plant remains from burial mounds of the Noin-Ula burial ground in Northern Mongolia (dated from the end of the 1st century BC to the beginning of the 1st century AD). …”
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Western Elements in the Late Sarmatian Monuments by Mikhail V. Krivosheev

“…Findings of things of Roman or provincial Roman origin in high-status burial mounds confirm their value in the Sarmatian society. …”
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A 1st Millennium BCE Burial-Deprived Ritual Practice: New Evidences from Shahliq Kurgan, Northwestern Iran by Nasrin Ghahremani, Farzad Mafi, Araz Najafi

“…Until now, the well-known Kurgans in northwestern Iran were associated with burial mounds containing burial pits;however, discoveries in 2018 revealed mounds lacking human burials indicating still unknown rituals and ceremonies.Shahliq Kurgan, 178 km northeast of Tabriz, is one of such Kurgans. …”
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Krasnoyarsky-IV kurgan cemetery of the Great Migration Period by Grachev M.A., Zelenkov A.S., Sleptsova A.V.

“…The paper presents the materials of the Great Migration Period from the Omsk Irtysh region, obtained during the excavations of the Krasnoyarsky-IV burial ground. In total, eight burial mounds with 13 burials were examined in 2009 by the expedition of the Omsk State Pedagogical University led by M.A. …”
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The reconstruction of woman costume of the yearly middle ages (on the materials of burial ground Revda-5 in the Tobol valley) by Matveeva N.P., Dolgikh A.S.

“…Satisfactory preservation of the skeletons and things is pretty rare in the burial mounds of the Trans-Urals because they had been robbed in the course of several centuries. …”
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NEW TECHNOLOGIES APPLIED TO THE DOCUMENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF EARTHEN ARCHITECTURE: THE SPECIFIC CASE OF THE TARTESSIAN BUILDINGS OF THE CENTRAL GUADIANA VALLEY (SPAIN) by E. Rodríguez González, S. Celestino Pérez, C. Lapuente Martín

“…In order to carry out this process, the Tartessian buildings hidden beneath burial mounds characteristic of the central basin of the Guadiana, dating from the 5th century BC, have been selected. …”
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The Population of the Bronze Age of the Lower Volga Region in the Works of Russian Anthropologists by Evgeny V. Pererva, Alexandr N. Djachenko

“…This work is a review of scientific publications on studying paleoanthropological materials of the Bronze Age originating from burial mounds of the Lower Volga region. Materials and Analysis. …”
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Horse Ammunition. From the History of a Saddle by Sergey I. Lukyashko

“…The well-preserved saddle of the Pazyryk burial mounds, shows that in the 5th century BC a saddle becomes more complicated, paired pillows and hardwood arcs fastening pillows appear. …”
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Fibulae from Sarmatian Complexes of the Esaulovsky Aksai by Elena A. Korobkova

“…Sources on the topic are represented with the reports on archaeological studies of burial mounds belonging to the Esaulovsky Aksai river basin as well as the publication of the results of archaeological research in this region and the actual fibrous material from the funds of the Volgograd Museum of Regional Studies, the State Hermitage Museum and the Astrakhan State Museum-Reserve. …”
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Image of the Deer-Sun and Ethnonym of the Khori Buryats by Nadezhda B. Dashieva

“…The image of the Mother Deer described in shamanic texts of Khori clans settled in the mouth of the Selenga River can be traced to the Scytho-Siberian canonical tradition of depicting animals on stone slabs that accompany burial mounds containing Caucasoid remains in the mountainous regions of Western and Northwestern Mongolia, similar to Pazyryk mounds of the Altai and Uyuk mounds of Northern Tuva. …”
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Antiquities of Northern Black Sea Region and Bessarabia on Pages of Eparchy Publications in Pre-Soviet Era by Roman Oleksenko, Vladyslav Parkhomenko, Olha Perepeliuk

“…One of the sections of such reviews was ‘Archaeological Sites’, where it was necessary to describe ramparts, settlements, burial mounds, caves, pile (lake) structures, dolmens, Stone Age sites (kjoekkenmoeddinger), etc. …”
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Neolithic occupation and stone working on the Yorkshire Wolds by Pouncett, J

“…Analysis of lithic assemblages from sixteen of the Neolithic burial mounds excavated by Mortimer and a surface scatter at Wharram-le-Street close to the former source of the Gypsey Race was carried out. …”