Excavations of the Burial Ground Brusyany II in 2020

The paper presents the archaeological materials found in 2020 during the excavations of the burial ground Brusyany II, located in the south-western part of the Samara Bend. They belong to the Late Bronze Age (Pokrovka culture of the Srubnaya cultural community) and the Early Middle Age (Novinki cultural type of the Saltovo-Mayaki cultural community). “Pokrovka” materials are represented by four small pits made in the limestone rock, containing pottery, besides in one of them the remains of an infant were found. Nearby the Bronze Age objects the Novinki type burial of a man and horse was performed and covered by the barrow stone shell in the VIII century AD. Subsequently this burial was destroyed as a result of ritual actions to neutralize the remains of the buried, but the barrow site continued to be used by the “Novinki” population as the ritual object.