Social development of the Bronze Age pastoral tribes of the southern part Eastern Europe

Abstract

The work analyzes the social development of the Bronze Age tribes that were localized in the territory of the Northern Black Sea coast from the Dniester to the Don. The study highlights the achievements of scientists during the 20th and early 21st centuries. on the problem of social differentiation of Yamna, Catacomb and Babyne cultures, describes and summarizes the interpretations of artifacts suitable for studying the transformation of the structures of selected pastoral tribes. The research is based on the principles of generalization, comprehensiveness of research, as well as the principles of animation, complexity, diversity, and structurality. In addition to general scientific methods, the historical-genetic method, the method of classification of burials according to ritual-inventory criteria, a formalized method based on the identification of complexes of related features in a group, as well as using general scientific methods, are applied.