SOME WAYS OF TALUSES' USE IN FUNERAL RITE OF EARLY AND MIDDLE BRONZE AGE PEOPLE

The aim of this article is the analysis of small cattle’s taluses that were found in funeral complexes in Donetz river region dated by Early and Middle Bronze age. The use of traceological method permits to appreciate the degree of treatment and utilization of these artifacts in funeral rite and in material culture of people who lived in this region in Early and Middle Bronze age.

talus, dice, funeral rite, traceology, catacomb culture, Bronze age