Pokstinsky burial ground

The Pokstinsky burial ground is an archaeological monument, an old Russian burial ground of the XII - XV centuries . The burial ground is part of the ancient Russian Pokst complex (which, in addition to the burial ground, also includes the settlement of Pokst II). It stands out among others by the presumed presence of a cemetery church. Located on the river Tansy .

Burial ground
Pokstinsky burial ground
A country	Russia
Region	Kirovskaya
First mention	12th century
Status	Archaeological site
condition	almost completely investigated

Reconstruction of the burial ground and cemetery church (according to L. D. Makarov )

The burial ground was investigated by M.V. Talitsky, who discovered one burial in 1929 , N. A. Leshchinsky, who discovered 16 graves in 1985 , and L. D. Makarov , who discovered 69 graves in 1987 and 1988 . The burials are mostly uninventory and reflect the Orthodox rite of burial. However, pagan remnants are also found - this, for example, is indicated by the discovery of coals, ceramics, and calcined bones in the tombs. The orientation of the burials is pro-Western (head west). In the center of the burial ground, on a site free of burials (7 × 4 m), a subrectangular depression (2 × 1.4 × 0.5 m) was revealed, which may have remained from the underground. A fallen stove from an adobe furnace was found in it, and to the north and south of the central platform were three grooves from the hedges, also not broken by the graves. According to L.D. Makarov, this, apparently, is the remains of a warm cemetery church, erected on the site of an ancient Russian village of the XIII - the first half of the XIV centuries and existed together with the cemetery in the second half of the XIV - XV centuries . This conclusion is all the more likely that the grooves from the hedge surrounding the construction are not disturbed by the grave pits, although they are located quite densely, which speaks in favor of their simultaneous existence over a certain period of time. Perhaps the same population continued to bury their dead at the Pokst burial ground, which the Emanayevsky burial ground also left ^[1] .