kurgans_catacomb: Kurgans of the Catacomb culture...

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Kurgans of the Catacomb culture \insertCiteSlusarska2006-zcevoarchdata

Description

Data on the construction, interment style, and grave goods of 703 mound burials (kurgans) of the Bronze Age Catacomb culture of the West Eurasian steppe. Each row represents one burial, from 207 mounds across 82 sites.

Usage

kurgans_catacomb

Format

A data frame with 703 rows and 56 variables:

id

Arbitrary unique identifier of the burial.

group

Regional grouping assigned by Ślusarska.

site

Name of the site.

mound

Identifier of the burial mound within the site.

grave

Identifier of the individual burial within the mound/site.

name

Unique name of the burial (site mound / grave).

latitude, longitude, raion, oblast

Geographical location of the site.

interment

Number of interments (single, twin, collective or cenotaph).

sex

Biological sex of the remains, if known.

age

Age of the remains, if known (juvenile or adult).

grave_type, shaft, gangway, steps, dromos, entrance_screen, boards, organic_lining

Details of the construction of the grave and mound, see \insertCiteSlusarska2006-zc;textualevoarchdata for details.

body_position, leg_position

Details of the interment style, see \insertCiteSlusarska2006-zc;textualevoarchdata for details.

ochre, charcoal, chalk, fire, mask, tar, animal_bones

Presence or absence of traces of funerary ritual, see \insertCiteSlusarska2006-zc;textualevoarchdata for details.

axe_hammer, macehead, arrowhead, spearhead, bow, bronze_knife, bola, wooden_javelin

Presence or absence of different types of weapons in grave goods, see \insertCiteSlusarska2006-zc;textualevoarchdata for details.

polishing_plate,arrow_straightener, awl, grindstone, scraper, punch, hammerstone, perforator, casting_mould, tuyere, digging_tool, adze, melting_pot, flint_knife

Presence or absence of different types of tools in grave goods, see \insertCiteSlusarska2006-zc;textualevoarchdata for details.

wooden_cup, wooden_bowl, pottery

Presence or absence of different types of household goods in grave goods.

body_ornament

Presence or absence of bodily ornamentation in grave goods.

Details

Originally compiled by \insertCiteSlusarska2006-zc;textualevoarchdata. Transcribed and recoded for phylogenetic analysis by \insertCiteRoe2013-ls;textualevoarchdata.

Coordinates were not included in the original dataset; those included are approximate, based on the nearest identifiable place name to each site.

Source

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Roe2013-ls;textualevoarchdata

References

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