Могильник козацької доби на Середньому Дніпрі

• Published in: Археологія і давня історія України
• Date: 2022
• Main Authors: Готун, І.А., Петраускас, А.В.
• Format: Article
• Language: Ukrainian
• Published: Інститут археології НАН України 2022
• Subjects: Танатологія
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/187641
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Могильник козацької доби на Середньому Дніпрі / І.А. Готун, А.В. Петраускас // Археологія і давня історія України: Зб. наук. пр. — К.: ІА НАН України, 2022. — Вип. 2 (43). — С. 310-319. — Бібліогр.: 16 назв. — укр.

Публікація вводить до наукового обігу матеріали
 дослідження кладовища козацької доби, частково розкопаного Північною експедицією Інституту археології НАН України у с. С тайки на узбережжі Канівського водосховища. Характеризуються особливості
 матеріальної та простежених за матеріальними
 рештками елементів духовної культури жителів
 пункту, залучаються результати опрацювання виявлених знахідок фахівцями-антропологами. In 2006, the Stayky team of the Northern Expedition
 of the Institute of Archaeology discovered the
 multi-layered settlements on the edge of the plateau
 north of the village and on the Dnieper islands opposite
 it and carried out the rescue excavations of the wellknown
 center including the various settlements and
 a Cossack cemetery. The materials of the settlement
 structure have already been published, as well as the
 exploration of the historical and cultural heritage of
 the settlement. The paper describes the results of research
 of the cemetery.
 During the campaign ca. 250 m2 of area with 26 burials
 made according to the canons of Christian rituals
 have been unearthed. They have no grave goods, except,
 probably, of burial 16, just below of which a coin
 blank or demonetized product and a silver Riga solid
 from the Baltic possessions of Sweden, minted in 1653
 by Queen Christina, were found. The absence of other
 synchronous materials in the layers of the site allows
 to connect these finds not with the settlement structures
 but with the cemetery. And the single artifacts
 of previous ages, collected in two graves, belong to the
 surrounding layer.
 Despite the partial destruction of some burials by the
 quarry and the damage of shallow pits by further household
 activities it was observed that the skeletons laid supine
 with arms crossed on the chest or abdomen, although
 during skeletonization the arms could move to the pelvis
 and along the body. Certain deviations are noted in the
 position of the head and lower jaw in particular.
 The graves are 0.35—0.90 m deep, the deceased
 were directed with the head to the west with a slight
 deviation to the south, usually associated with the seasonal
 place of the Sun above the horizon. Gender and
 age differences have not been traced by the depth or
 direction of burials, although a higher concentration of
 graves, possibly a family plot, was found in one of the
 excavation area. Mutual overlaps of burials are few,
 although the damage of some graves with a moving
 of bones was observed. Processing of anthropological
 materials by specialists allowed to trace the peculiarities
 of ethnic features and physical development of the
 inhabitants of the site.