Problem of interpretation of the chariot symbolism of the Bronze Age (materials of the burial ground of Ozernoye-1)
In the present paper, new materials representing the chariot complex in the burial rite of the population of the Bronze Age (first half of the 2nd millennium BC) are published. The cemetery of Ozernoye-1 contained a sacrifice of horses in a pair, parts of horse harness (cheek-pieces) and traces of wheels on the bottom of the grave pit. In all cases we are dealing with a symbolical expression of the chariot conception. The site under study demonstrates one of the numerous versions of the representation of chariot symbolism in the burial rituals.