The Erzyan burial in the medieval Moksha grave

The burials are met in the medieval Moksha graves distinguish the funeral rite from the main mass of burials. To such can be pertained the burial of the XVIII century in Mordparkin grave of Krasnoslobodsk region of the Republic Mordoviya. It is dated by the second half of XI century. Its change from the other burials of this monument is concluded first of all in orientation of the buried woman by head the sides of the world. If absolute majority of Mordparkin burials are oriented by heads to southward, but this burial is oriented to north that is distinguishing feature of the ancient Erzya culture. Unusual for monument is the ceramic complex, consisting of three containers. Two of them have the typical form for the ancient Erzya tribes. So two the most important ethnic distinguished features in archeology of the burial of XVIII century - funeral rites and ceramic complex - find the direct analogies in the ancient and medieval Erzya culture. Consequently, in this grave Erzya woman was buried. She is a witness of constant marriage-household relationship of moksha and erzya in average ages.