Chronology of early Scythian complexes in the insular area of the Don river delta

The paper deals with the chronology of Early Scythian burial complexes as well as random finds of the same period from the insular area of the Don river delta. 4 Early Scythian burials are known at the moment: Malakhov Erik II burial complex which is dated by the author to the first half of the 6th century BC on the basis of analysis of the funeral set; burial 108 of the Krest burial mound dating back to the end of the 7th - beginning of the 6th centuries BC on the basis of the analogies of the quiver set; burial 9 of barrow 136 of the Elizavetovskiy burial mound dating back to the first half of the 6th century BC, according to its stratigraphy, burial rite and grave goods; and burial 10 of barrow 136 from the same burial mound dating back to the end of the 7th century BC, according to the grave goods. The random finds from the area under consideration include such objects of interest as two cross plaques made of bronze and an Ionian red-clay juglet. As for the cross plaques, some specialists date them back to the first half of the 6th century BC, while the others - to the second half of the same century...