Vladimir Yu. Malashev^{a, #}, Marat A. Bakushev^{b, ##}, Rustem F. Fidarov^{c, ###}, Boris Z. Karaev^{c, ####}, Anna S. Leontyeva^{a, #####}

^a Institute of Archaeology RAS, Moscow, Russia
^b Archaeological Society of Kuban LLC, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
^c Institute of History and Archaeology of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Vladikavkaz, Russia 

^#E-mail: malashev@yandex.ru
^##E-mail: bakart@mail.ru
^###E-mail: ziglo@yandex.ru
^####E-mail: aslesgor@mail.ru
^#####E-mail: ananyeno@yandex.ru

Keywords: the North Caucasus, the Alan culture, cemetery of the Zmeyskaya fortified settlement, catacombs, the second half of the 2nd – first half of the 5th century.

The article analyzes the catacombs of the Alan culture of the second half of the 2nd – the first half of the 5th century at the cemetery of the Zmeyskaya fortified settlement. The burial ground is similar to the necropolises of the Alan culture in the Middle Terek region, which were united as its local variety. Materials from the occupational layer of the Zmeyskaya fortified settlement are also significant for the purpose of chronological assessment. The lower boundary of the complex of sites is estimated by the finds of amphorae, the earliest of which date back to the second quarter of the 2nd – late 2nd/early 3rd century. The upper boundary is determined by the kilns of the 7th – early 8th century. For its clarification, materials from the Brut 2 and Beslan cemeteries and the late group of burials of Lower Dzhulat, which do not go beyond the middle of the 7th century, are important.

DOI: 10.31857/S0869606322010135