CONSTRUCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF BURIALS WITH INHUMATION OF CHERNIAKHIV CULTURE OF SHYSHAKY CEMETERY

The article deals with the characteristics of graves’ constructions of Shyshaky cemetery of Cherniakhiv culture. During the total period of excavation work for eight seasons there were found 156 burials. The graves’ structures were traced in 89 graves of Shyshaky cemetery. The inhumations were oriented to the west and to the north and the amount of them was 98.5 % of the total number. These burials were in grave pits, lerge graves, barbarian chambered graves or in grave pits with some constructive features. The ratio of inhumations was as follows: in grave pits (Fig. 1—2), lerge graves (Fig. 3), barbarian chambered graves (Fig. 4) or in grave pits with some constructive features (Fig. 2: 3; 3: 3) are given in the table (Fig. 5). The burial constructions of Shyshaky cemetery refer to late periods of Cherniakhiv culture and they are dated to the second part of the 4th — 5th centuries.