Khavansky A.I.

Key words: relative chronology, Sintashta ceramics, Alakul’ ceramics, ornaments, methods of the periodization.
The article considers the new relative chronology of burials at the Sintashta cemeteries which is based on the analysis of ornaments on clay ware. The accounting unit of information is the ware from each individual burial (closed complex). The results conform with the stratigraphic and radiocarbon data and with the analysis of the vessel shapes. The chronological scale allows to detail the history of the Sintashta cultural complex and to provisionally determine the absolute dates for the existence of the site as a whole and its individual stages.