Beads in burials of warriors (on the materials of the Tarasovo burial ground)

The article focuses on the beads which were founded in burials of warriors along with swords in Tarasovo burial ground. It is the largest and the richest necropolis in the Middle-Kama region, which is dated by the first half of the I millennium A.D. The authors also analyze the accompanying equipment from the burials including the chalcedony discs. The authors offer the hypothesis for using beads on the sword-belt set, for the origins of the weapons decoration with beads, and for the reasons for which the people of the Middle-Kama region used such a practice.