Tesinsky zaliv-3 earthen burial ground of the Tashtyk culture: results of the field season 2018

In 2018, studies of the Tesinsky Zaliv-3 earthen burial ground of the Tashtyk Culture were continued. Excavation trenches 3 and 4 were a continuation of excavation area 2 explored in the previous year. No archaeological materials have been recorded in excavation trench 3. In excavation area 4, grave 2 was excavated containing a wooden chamber oriented along the south-east - north-west line. It was made of one layer of logs, any ceiling was not preserved. The remains of two disturbed burials, made according to the cremation and inhumation rites, were found inside the wooden chamber. Fragments of a bronze buckle and a ceramic vessel together with about 20 beads were found in the graves. Remains of another burial, in which only the upper part of the skeleton was preserved (grave 2 a) were exposed in the artificial lake bank. Glass and stone beads were found in the burial. Three horn hairpins were noted on the skull. Excavation area 8 revealed grave 9 with the wooden frame at the bottom and a few calcined bones. No grave goods were found.