KEY TO KURGANS
2000 Excavation: Kurgan 1
2001 Excavations: Kurgans 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, and 11
(shaded kurgans)
Kurgans date as follows:
Early Nomad: Kurgan 1, 5th century
BC, Kurgan 4, 4th century BC
Polovtsian Cuture: Kurgan 8 and
11
Khazar Culture: Kurgans: 9, 3, 2
Kurgan 2, 3, and 11 were excavated by intenational participants.
Kurgans 4, 8, 9, were excavated by Russian university
students.
Note: This map supercedes the map published for
the 2001 Chastiye Kurgany Excavations.
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