Khavansky A.I.

Key words: Sintashta cultural type, early Alakul cultural type, funeral rite.
The article covers certain archaeological assemblages dating from the beginning of the Late Bronze Age: the burial near the town of Orsk and the Ishkinovka 1 cemetery. The author analyzes the funeral rite and the inventory and compares them with Sintashta and early Alakul assemblages. The author concludes that the burial near Orsk belongs to the Sintashta type of sites, and Ishkinovka 1 cemetery to the early Alakul cultural type.