SOURCES FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ADORNMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF KOMARIV CULTURE

The currently available materials do not allow us to reconstruct the clothing of the people of Komariv culture even hypothetically that does not exclude the possibility of searching the common features of the costume complex and the elements of decoration. The sources of such constructions are mutual occurrence of the adornments in closed assemblages (burials, hoards), its location relative to the skeleton, analysis of the adornments parameters and empirical research. Comparative rareness of metal decorations in Komariv culture burials, the absence of local sources of raw materials for their production allow us to consider the presence of adornments in burials, especially of such metal-consuming, as pins, bracelets, neck torques, as elements of the festive (wedding, funeral?) decoration of the persons of high social status / rank. A full set of festive decorations of the northern groups of Komariv culture includes a pin, neck torques and bracelet/bracelets. The most stable combination of large adornments one can observe in Volhynia and Kyiv-Cherkasy groups: pin, neck torques, a pair of multi spiral bracelets (on the wrist) and a pair of bracelets with spiral shields (on the shoulders?) (Ivannia, Kordyshiv, Malopolovetske). In the Galitsia group the bracelets with spiral shields have not been found, the place of multi spiral bracelets is occupied by massive casted bracelets. In this case the festiveness of the complex is emphasized by additional use of three more categories of little adornments (Komariv). Unlike the main body of forest-steppe Comarovo culture groups, the elite burials of Podillia group create a feeling of «festiveness» of decoration due to using the large number of small adornments, first of all the rings-pendants, pendants and necklaces from amber beads (Hordiivka), which replaced the neck torques (Bar).