On the topical problems of studying Bronze Age (in the wake of one conference)

On March 4 and 5, 2021, the Department of Bronze Age Archaeology of the Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences held a regular seminar «Connections and relationships of Bronze Age cultures of the Circumpontic region». This meeting was called «The Artefact in the Rite». Its subject was related to the research and interpretation of sites of Early metal epoch in the European part of Russia, Ukraine, Transcaucasia, Anatolia and the Balkans. New materials obtained in recent years during field and laboratory studies were presented, their interpretation options were proposed and prospects for further research outlined