A unique middle bronze age burial from the Caucasian spas area

The publication of burial 4, kurgan 3, Lysogorskiy-6 cemetery in the Georgievsky district, Stavropol Region, aims to introduce a unique assemblage of burial and funerary rite items into scientific discourse. It was a primary and the only burial in the kurgan which is seven meters high. It was made in a shallow wide pit in the surface soil layer. The deceased was deposited in a supine extended position, with the head pointing west. The funerary offerings were placed on three wooden dishes that can be interpreted as trays. The offerings included a bronze shaft-hole axe of the Nacherkezevi type after S. N. Korenenvskiy (typical for the South Caucasus), a bronze wand, a bronze chisel and a bronze dagger placed on tray 1. The funerary dress included a pendant ring made from gold, bracelets on the hand and the ankle of the right leg. Wooden tray finds date the assemblage to the mid - second quarter of III mill. BC. It is referred to the North Caucasus culture of the Central Fore-Caucasus. The person from kurgan 1 was buried with a high prestige ceremony and apparently in his life he had the status of a chieftain or some other leader.