burial mound
Sign in to savethumb|right | Sarmatian Kurgan, fourth century BC, Fillipovka, South Urals, Russia. A dig led by [[Russian Academy of Sciences Archeology Institute Prof. L. Yablonsky excavated this kurgan in 2006. It is the first kurgan known to have been completely destroyed and then rebuilt to its original appearance.]]
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18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Origins and spread
- Kurgan hypothesis
- Scytho-Siberian monuments
- Use
- Architecture
- Common components
- Pre-Scytho-Siberian kurgans (Bronze Age)
- Scytho-Siberian kurgans (Early Iron Age)
- Regional and temporal sex ratios
- Archaeological remains
- Excavated kurgans
- Kurgans in Poland
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right | Sarmatian Kurgan, fourth century BC, Fillipovka, South Urals, Russia. A dig led by [[Russian Academy of Sciences Archeology Institute Prof. L. Yablonsky excavated this kurgan in 2006. It is the first kurgan known to have been completely destroyed and then rebuilt to its original appearance.]]
A kurgan is a type of tumulus (burial mound) constructed over a grave, often characterized by containing a single human body along with grave vessels, weapons, and horses. Originally in use on the Pontic–Caspian steppe, kurgans spread into much of Central Asia and Eastern, Southeast, Western, and Northern Europe during the third millennium BC.