Archaeological complexes of the developed and late bronze age at the Tartas 1 site: the newest results

An article presents the results of field studies at the Tartas-1 site (Vengerovo district of the Novosibirsk Region). The burial ground is large in area. It includes the asynchronous burials and ritual objects - from the Early Bronze Age to the Late Middle Ages. During the field season of 2015 we obtained a new material for a burial and commemorative complexes, which have certain structural features. Each complex includes the burial, surrounded by open ditch, ritual pits often locate in here. Findings in the complexes is mainly represented by ceramic vessels, their character and ornamentation permit to attribute these objects to Andronovo (Fedorovo) culture. Studied burial and commemorative complexes confirmed the typical features of the burial rite. It includes two constant variants in burial practice (cremation and ingumation), as well as the presence of bi-ritual burials, which bundled both variants in the frame of single burial or separate burials in single complex. It mentioned that constructions of complexes contain the ritual pits, obviously associated with funeral feast or sacrificial rites. Accompanying food for decedent took an important place in concept of afterworld that is supported by presence of the ceramic ware in almost every burial, and its number and size respected to the number of decedents in the grave and their age. Complexes with a ditch is located in the central area of the necropolis that indicated the existence of variants in burial rite of Andronovo (Fedorovo) bearers and connection with the ethnic and cultural processes in the region. For the first time for Final Bronze Age, the barrow burial site was educed at the Tartas 1 burial ground: during the field season of 2015 we completely investigated the barrow, related to the eastern variant of Pakhomovo culture and probably pulled into the single complex with monocultural ritual constructions.