Probyigolova O. The population of the Late and Final Bronze age in the basin of the river Siverskiy Donets and on the Donets Ridge

This dissertation is devoted to the research of the Late Bronze Age settlements that are situated in the basin of the river Siverskiy Donets and on the Donets Ridge. The cultural identity of the monuments is a debating point that has led to the attribution of these habitations to the different archeological cultures: bilozerka, Srubnaya, boguslav-bilozerka, ivanovka, otradnenska cultures. Problem of vagueness of the criteria for the post-Srubnaya settlements identification and their separation from Berezhnovka-Maevka Srubnaya culture settlements necessitated the investigation to the new settlements. The problem of the identification of the post-Srubnaya horizon will be solved with stratigraphy observation. Analysis of the stratigraphic horizons enables to separate the horizon of the late stage Berezhnovka-Maevka Srubnaya culture and post-Srubnaya settlements horizons.