SCYTHIAN BARROW WITH CHILDREN'S BURIALS ON THE LEFT BANK OF THE LOWER DNIESTER
The paper presents and analyzes materials from Scythian barrow No. 6 of the “Vodovod” group, situated near the village of Glinoe (Slobodzeya district) on the left bank of the Lower Dniester. The barrow was erected at the turn of the IV-III cc. BC and contained four burials in pits. The main burial (No. 2) was completely ransacked by ancient grave robbers. Two inlet burials, judging by their size, were cenotaphs. The pit of well preserved inlet burial No. 1 had wood covering, placed on which were abrasive tools, sacrificial food and a fire-making flint. The pit itself contained an iron knife, accompanied by animal bones from another portion of sacrificial food, and a bronze arrowhead. Remarkably, only children's burials were under the mound, which for the time being is just the second such case documented in the Northwestern Black Sea region. The building of the barrow was caused by the high child mortality among the Scythians of the second half of the IV-II cc. BC in the Lower Dniester region, as is confirmed by numerous children's burials in the barrows of the “Vodovod” and “Sad” groups.