A review of M. Kazanski's article: the burial rites with a shield in the late antique period in thenorthern and eastern coast of the Black Sea.

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1.6.1.2.8. A review of M. Kazanski's article: the burial rites with a shield in the late antique period in the northern and eastern coast of the Black Sea. /I. Anchabadze/. West Coucasus - Archaeological Context. – 2020. – #1. – pp. 72-79. – geo.; abs.: geo., eng., rus.

In the work the author discusses several burials of the late antique period containing shield bosses (umbo) discovered on the Black Sea Coast (including the territory of Abkhazia) and several presumable provenances of so called Germanic, Thracian and Romanized Eastern traditions of placing items in burials. As a result of critical discussion of the article, based on a number of archaeological data, the given review points to the presence of strong local roots of the tradition in question. Ref. 21.

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