FINDS OF CHAMOIS HORNS IN THE EARLY MEDIEVAL CATACOMBS OF THE DARGAVS CEMETERY, NORTH OSSETIA (2019 EXCAVATIONS)
The paper analyzes rarely found items made from chamois horns which were discovered during excavations of an Alan cemetery near the village of Dargavs, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, in 2019. The comprehensive study of these finds provides an opportunity to enlarge and deepen our knowledge on the use of animal remains in the burial rites of the population which lived in the central Caucasus in the 8<sup>th</sup> - 9<sup>th</sup> centuries.