Yamnaya culture graves with stone circles from the Lower Don region

The paper is devoted to the publication of the Yamnaya culture graves with stone circles from the Lower Don region and the results of their multi-disciplinary analyses. 14C dates indicate that this kind of stone constructions appeared in this region in the III millennium сal BC. Additional data helped to identify details of the funerary rituals as well as isotope data provide the information about the diet system of the local population.