The Sites of Fire at the Cemetery of Opushki
This paper publishes the sites where the traces of fire remain. They are located amidst the graves from the third and fourth century. The fire was burning in the pits 1 m deep, in small cavities, and, at the biggest site, just on the ancient daily surface. There probably were some temporary structures of slabs and stones. The purpose of these sites remains unclear. That the fire played a role in religious beliefs and cult practices of the persons who buried in the cemetery of Opushki was known before due to charcoal sub-layers below some of the burials and the only cremation grave uncovered in the cemetery in question. Now we have got acquainted with another way of embodiment of the fire’s specific role for the transition from the world of the alive to the world of the dead.