Kurgan
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A kurgan is a type of tumulus constructed over a grave, often characterized by containing a single human body along with grave vessels, weapons, and horses. Originally in use on the Pontic–Caspian ste
Sarmatian Kurgan, fourth century BC, Fillipovka, South Urals, Russia. A dig led by Russian Academy of Sciences Archeology Institute Prof. L. Yablonsky excavated this kurgan in 2006. It is the first kurgan known to have been completely destroyed and then rebuilt to its original appearance.
Yamnaya culture
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The Yamnaya, or Yamna, culture, also known as the Pit Grave culture or Ochre Grave culture, is a late Copper Age to early Bronze Age archaeological culture of the region between the Southern Bug, Dnie
Kurgan
…passageways, and their construction was similar to house-building methods used by the same cultures. Kurgans served primarily as funerary monuments. In the Yamnaya culture, kurgan graves and grave gifts indicate a hierarchy in which a small number of richly furnished burials stood apart from more modest graves. In Scythian…
Yamnaya culture
A Yamnaya culture grave, Volgograd Oblast
Sredny Stog culture (c. 4500–3500 BC)
Usatovo culture (c. 3500–3000 BC)