Funerary rite of Xiongnu children’s burials (at the example of the local group of kurgan no. 18 at the cemetery of Orgoyton)

This paper considers the materials from the first local group revealed at the cemetery of Orgoyton situ- ated on the left bank of the Selenga River in the Trans-Baykal region. Analysis of these finds suggests some observations concerning the funerary rite at child burials of the Xiongnu. It has been established that the choice of the burial place for the deceased child depended on the social status of the latter and simultaneously highlighted this status.