Belozerskaya culture

Belozerskaya culture is an archaeological culture of the later Bronze Age (12th-10th centuries bce) that replaced the Srubnaya culture in the steppe of Ukraine and Moldova. There are finds near lower Don, Nadkuban and the Crimea. It was identified as an independent archaeological culture in the 80s.

The yellow area corresponds to the culture.

The remains consist of settlements, graves, work shops, treasures and scattered other finds. The settlements consist of pit houses, semi-pit houses, and houses on flat ground with a stone foundation, while the graves are tumuli and grave fields. The dead was buried in a rectangular pit and on a wooden floor in a crouched position, and usually lying on the side. The head was oriented towards the south. Grave offerings consist of one or two wooden vessels, and rarely metallic objects.

The culture is associated with the Cimmerians,[1] and it was replaced by the Belogrudov culture, and the Scythians.