Open AccessBurial clothing in Neolithic cemeteries of the Ukrainian steppe
Author(s) -
Nadezhda Kotova
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
documenta praehistorica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1854-2492
pISSN - 1408-967X
DOI - 10.4312/dp.37.14
Subject(s) - clothing , ukrainian , archaeology , geography , forest steppe , ancient history , art , history , forestry , philosophy , linguistics
Over 600 skeletons from numerous Neolithic cemeteries are known from the Pontic steppe. They came from the Lower Don, Azov-Dnieper and Surskaja cultures, with different sets of adornments on their burial clothing. The disposition of adornments provides valuable information on some items of burial clothing: caps, shirts with long sleeves, loincloths, and moccasins