Chamber-Like Graves in the West of the Polatsk Principality. Possibilities of Interpretation in the Context of Eastern European Antiquities

The article is devoted to the study of the elite funeral rite of the western regions of the Polatsk Principality at the turn of the 2nd millennium AD. The main attention is paid to the identification of this category of burials with chamber-like graves. The issues of the emergence of a chamber-like funeral ritual in the west of the Polatsk land, the topography and chronology of chamber-like burials, and the origin and social status of the carriers of this tradition are considered.