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THE PRIVILEGED FEMALE BURIAL FROM THE SETTLEMENT MUKHINO 2 OF THE HUNS AGE ON UPPER DON: A BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION
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THE PRIVILEGED FEMALE BURIAL FROM THE SETTLEMENT MUKHINO 2 OF THE HUNS AGE ON UPPER DON: A BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION
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Anna Mastikova  Maria Dobrovolskaya Grigory L. Zemtsov Mariya Mednikova
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44-58
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The paper considers Burial 1 found at the multilayer settlement Mukhino 2 (Zadonsky District of Lipetsk Oblast) on the left bank of the river Snova not far from its infl ow into the Don. The anthropological examination of the skeleton remains has shown that they belonged to a woman 20–29 years old. The burial contains grave goods typical of those of the “barbarian” nobility of the Hun Age which implies a high social status of the buried woman. Her attire corresponds to the cultural tradition of the sedentary population of the late classical centres of the North Black Sea region. Judging from the set of grave goods, the Mukhino burial can be dated to the late period D2 – early period D2/D3 of the “barbarian” European chronology, i.e. ca. AD 430–450. The morphological characteristics of the postcranial skeleton of the buried woman are indicative of her gracility. The skeleton shows a certain similarity with Sarmatian and Alan female samples from the “elite plots” of the Klin-Yar cemetery. The isotopic and elemental analyses show that animal protein was not prevailing in the diet of the buried woman while plants of the photosynthesis type C4 (probably millet) made up a signifi cant part of it which can be interpreted as a marker of sedentary life. This suggestion can be further confi rmed by the results of the paleobotanical study of samples from the sites of the entire region. The set of markers revealed by the examination of the skeleton remains is indicative of the southern origin of the buried woman.
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Élite burial, costume with appliqué gold decorations, Hun Age, Upper Don region, North Black Sea region, bioarchaeology, paleobotanics
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