CHRONOLOGY OF THE BURIAL FINDS FROM SCYTHIAN MONUMENTS IN SOUTHERN SIBERIA AND CENTRAL-ASIA

We present here new radiocarbon dates for the different barrows (buria l mounds) of the nomadic tribes of the Scythian period in the Khakassi a and Tuva regions (Central Asia). The time scale of these barrows is compared with the elite barrows of the Sayan-Altai. In agreement with archaeological evidence, some barrows in Khakassia are chronologically close in time to the Arzhan barrow. The first C-14 dates produced for the barrows from the Tuva region belong to a later Scythian period, c ompared with the elite Anhan barrow. We determined the final stage of the barrow construction, but to establish the starting time, more date s are necessary (both by dendrochronology and C-14).