A grave of the Catacomb culture from the right bank of the Egorlyk River

In this article, the author describes and analyses the burial rite and goods of the Catacomb grave 8, kurgan 1 excavated in the Baranchuk-1 kurgan group located on the right bank of the Egorlyk River. The burial goods accompanied the deceased included the clay model similar to the model found by N.I. Veselovsky in Uliap kurgan 1, grave 4 (fragments of another clay model of similar type came from the destroyed grave of the same kurgan), two different bronze pins, numerous bronze and bone beads, and other objects. The ritual and burial goods have been compared with materials found in other graves of the Baranchuk-1 and other kurgan groups. According to scholars studied the Catacomb culture, the Baranchuk grave can be dated to the last quarter of the 3rd millennium BC.