Research of archaeological monuments of the late nomads of Southern Ukraine in the XIX–XX centuries: a new view on historiography

Abstract

The article considers the issue of research in domestic science of archeological monuments, the so-called, late nomads in the XIX–XX centuries. Based on existing sources, the authors identified its main stages and most characteristic features. In particular, it is determined that the first such attempts were made in the pre-revolutionary period and they marked the beginning of the study of nomadic peoples of the tenth-fourteenth centuries and the accumulation of scientific knowledge about them. Later, these studies received a new lease of life. Thus, thanks to the success of domestic archeology in the 1960s – 1970s, the first generalizing works were published, among which the monograph of G. A. Fedorov-Davydov, who first divided the monuments of the late nomads into certain dated chronological blocks. These studies have been continued in the works of other scientists. Among them, it should be noted the famous researcher S.A. Pletnev. which for the first time defined the main features of the funeral rite and material culture of various ethnic groups of nomads of this time, which became to some extent textbook in domestic archeology. At the same time, the authors determine that despite the significant successes of domestic science in the XIX–XX centuries in this direction, many issues on the outlined issues still remain quite controversial and need further study.