Clothes Complex from the Burial Mound Kamen-2 of Early Iron Age

Purpose. The Kamen-2 burial ground is one of the most well-known and thoroughly studied sites of the Upper Ob River Basin during the Early Iron Age. Its study was conducted between 1974 and 1976 by the expeditions of V. A. Mogilnikov and A. P. Umansky. Due to various objective and subjective factors, the results of necropolis study have not been fully introduced into scientific circulation for a long time. This article presents the results of historical and cultural analysis of the assembled clothing complex found at Kamen-2. Results. This study characterized the main categories of clothing complex found at Kamen-2, namely earrings, hairpins, hryvnias, beads, beaded pendants, cowrie shells, and bracelets. The typological, contextual, and complex characteristics of the artifacts studied, including gender and age, were examined. Correlation was established between the clothing complex found in the burial mounds of the southern and northern groups of Kamen-2 burial mound. A difference was identified between them, namely, that the burial mounds of the southern group contained a greater proportion of women and elderly people. A series of analogies from sites of adjacent archaeological cultures in the south of Western Siberia during the Early Iron Age was presented for the analyzed items. Conclusion. The study revealed that the complex of clothing assembled from Kamen-2 reflects the multicultural nature of the population that left it. It includes transcultural, adaptive, and original items, as well as objects from contemporaneous and adjacent cultures.