Gopkalo O. The costume of the Chernyakhiv–Sintana-de-Mures Culture’s population

The dissertation is a fundamental comprehensive research. According to archaeological and iconographic data the costume of the Chernyakhiv – Sîntana de Mureş Culture bearers that had not been systematically studied before was reconstructed. In particular the composition of burial equipment categories was determined on a basis of a representative sample of burials - the details of the outfit, their probable purpose by localization in burial complexes were defined; the difference in costume of different sex representatives was proved; changes in the costume of different chronological phases were observed; elements of the costume those were added by bearers of different ethno-cultural traditions into the general Chernyakhiv costume were found; by the results of sociological analysis of burials the potential of costume details as a social marker was determined; the preserved textile residues from the clothes were analyzed; according to analysis of iconographic data, possible prototypes and analogies of the costume of the culture bearers were found; the main scientific tendencies in the study of costume were determined by the results of paleocostumological literature review; the costume of the population of CSM culture was reconstructed and perspective directions for further researches were outlined.