ON SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE LOWER SURA GROUP OF ANCIENT MORDVA CULTURE (on the materials of the Ivankovo burial ground)
The article deals with the local features of “the ancient Mordva” culture on the materials of the Ivankovo burial ground in Nizhnee Posurye. The subject of the analysis is a uniqueness of obsequies, wally and ceramics - three major ethnocultural archaeological markers. A conclusion is drawn about the existence of important local features of this necropolis connected with its peripheral arrangement in the area of “the ancient Mordva” culture.