Beads of the great migration period from the "royal" kurgan of Zuran, South Moravia

Glass beads from burial chamber II of the «royal» kurgan of Zuran, their parallels and chronology are considered. The discussed monumental kurgan in South Moravia is one of the most impressive burial constructions of the Great Migration period known in Europe (Fig. 1; 2). Chronological position of the burials, namely, those from burial chamber II is still debatable. Investigation of glass beads from the burial and their analogies (Fig. 4, Б, 1, 2) point to the chronological range from the late 4 th to the early 5 th cc. AD, which is rather an argument in favour of the early date of chamber II of the royal kurgan Zuran.