title: Eastern and Western Ceramic Imports in the Burials of the Early Sarmatian Culture in the Lower Volga Region
abstract: The paper is devoted to the analysis of Eastern and Western burials' ceramic imports of Early Sarmatian archaeological culture in the Lower Volga region. Availability of the products from Central Asia, antique, meotian and the North Caucasus workshops provides not only chronological data, but also determines the relations of nomads with the agrarian population. Written sources indicate the intensification of political relations between the Sarmatians and the Greek cities of the Northern black se
journal: Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 4 Istorija Regionovedenie Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija