@article{Sapozhnykov_2019, title={THE KURGANS OF BUDZHAK EXPLORED BY F. I. KNAUER: HISTORY OF EXCAVATION, CARTOGRAPHY AND MODERN STATE}, volume={33}, url={https://adiu.com.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/32}, DOI={10.37445/adiu.2019.04.32}, abstractNote={<p>The article is observed the archeological activity of the native of German colony of Sarata in Budzhak and the author of first excavations of the barrows of this region, Professor F.&nbsp;I.&nbsp;Knauer. Fedor (Friedrich) Ivan Knauer (1849—1917) graduated the Sarata Teachers College (1865). He studied linguistics, Sanskrit and German at the Universities of Jena and Tubingen, graduated the University of Derpt (1882) where he defended his doctoral thesis (1884). After that he worked at St.&nbsp;Vladimir University in Kiev as Professor of the Department of Comparative Linguistics and Sanskrit (from 1886 to 1915). He participated the XI&nbsp;Archaeological Congress in Kiev (1899), XIII (1902, Hamburg) and XVI (1912, Athens) international congresses of orientalists.</p> <p>The scholar engaged in archaeology under the influence of members of the Historical Society of Nestor the Chronist, in particular Professor V.&nbsp;B.&nbsp;Antonovich. One of his tasks was to gather the collection for the creation of the archaeological museum at St. Vladimir’s University. The fieldwork of the scholar in 1888—1889, 1891, and 1899 are described in the paper. During these works he examined 11&nbsp;barrows on the banks of the rivers Sarat and Kogylnik and found 75—77&nbsp;graves which were compiled to the chrono-stratigraphic column of burials from the Eneolithic to the Middle Ages. In the special annex to the paper the materials of research of the author of 2018 were revealed, during which the state of the majority of thebarrows of F.&nbsp;I.&nbsp;Knauer was discovered and some of which are proposed to be excavated</p&gt;}, number={4}, journal={Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine}, author={SapozhnykovІ. V.}, year={2019}, month={Dec.}, pages={396-422} }