Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies 2022, 10(1), 30-66

Archaeological evidence of barrow robbery in Donbass in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Usachuk, A.N.¹; Polidovich, Yu.B.²

Museum of Local Lore, Donetsk, Ukraine; E-mail: doold@mail.ru¹
Museum of Historical Treasures of Ukraine, the branch of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine; E-mail: yurkop@ukr.net ²

Abstract

The article is devoted to cases of mound robbery recorded during the excavations of the Popov Yar-2 mound group (Donetsk region). The scarce material has made it possible to attribute robbery attempts to the end of the 19th-beginning of the 20th centuries. A special role in planning and organizing the predatory excavations was played by the presence of a stone statue on one of the burial mounds.

Keywords: burial mound, complex, robbery, stone statue, sacrifice, fireplace, peasants, beliefs

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