Burials of the late bronze age - transitional period from the late bronze to early iron age from the Krokhalevka-5 burial ground (Northern Upper Ob region)

Thus article presents the evidence on two burials of the Final Late Bronze Age - transitional period from the Late Bronze to Early Iron Age - from the Krokhalevka-5 burial ground (Krokhalevka archaeological micro-district, northern Upper Ob region). New data is valuable due to small number of complexes belonging to that period and few radiocarbon dates for that region. Burials 46 (male, 15-18 years of age) and 47 (female, 45-50 years of age) were excavated in 2017. The burial pits had small rounded outline. The buried persons were placed with their heads to the northeast in a strongly crouched position on the right and left sides. Traces of manipulation with bodies prior to inhumation included strongly crouched bodies, poor preservation of skeletal bones in burial 46, and absence of some bones in burial 47. Ramus of the lower cow mandible was discovered near the facial part of the human skull in burial 47. The buried in grave 47 was placed in the earlier pit of unknown purpose with distinctive filling (deep black sandy loam, stone fragments, and degraded quartzite fragments). Another pit with similarfilling was located nearby (object 334C). Due to absence of datable items accompanying the buried it was not possible to give a clear cultural and chronological attribution to these complexes against the background of the known funeral traditions (Late Irmen, Bolshaya Rechka, and Zavyalovo). The calibrated radiocarbon dates from collagen of caw mandible (burial 47) were 1195-910 cal. BC, which corresponds to the Final Late Bronze Age - transitional period from the Late Bronze to Early Iron Age in the region. The complexes of this period have been investigated at the site and in the Krokhalevka archaeological micro-district for the first time.