The archaeozoological study of the burial inventory complexes from the timber grave culture burials of the volga forest-steppe region

The article analyzes the composition of species, anatomical spectrum, sex and age and size characteristics of the animals, whose bones were included in the burial inventory in the Timber Grave culture burials. The authors discover the relationship of these parameters with the age and sex and social status of the buried persons and with the chronological stages of the Timber Grave culture’s existence.