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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tsaritsyno-2 Alternative Name: Царицын&Country: Russia
NOTE: This site is 24.301 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Moscow
Latitude: 55.611542N Longitude: 37.684525E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Barrow Cemetery in Russia
Another larger cemetery is situated about 100m to the South-East of Tsaritsyno-1 barrow cemetery at the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve in Moscow. the Tsaritsyno-2 Group (Курганный могильник Царицыно-2) of 6 or 7 mounds can be dated back to the 12th-13th century CE and consists of 15 mounds, 0.9-1.5m in height and 5.5-10m in diameter, surrounded with ditches and remains.
2 barrows were excavated in 1944 and 4 more in 1960. 7 burials were found, some with grave goods, among which there were temple rings of seven-bladed and finger-ring styles, crystal, glass and cornelian beads, bronze bells, twisted bracelets, ceramics. Site restored in 2007.
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