A Koban burial near Solnechnodolsk

The paper examines materials of a dugin burial in the Bronze Age kurgan discovered in the northwestern part of the Stavropol region. Based on the burial rite and the main components of the funerary offerings, such as a set of jewelry pieces and beads, this burial can be attributed to the West Koban culture. The grave goods can be compared with the artifacts from the cemeteries in the Caucasian Mineral Waters region (Kavminvody) dating to the 8th century BC. The burial contains a rare find, namely, a mirror, that has numerous parallels in the eastern part of Eurasia. A set of sewnon 8-shaped plaques that have a very broad range of analogies in the East European cultures of the early first millennium BC is another rare find. The burial has been discovered outside the main region occupied by the West Koban population and is likely to be linked to mobile seasonal herding groups.