THE INFORMATIVE VALUE OF THE SOURCES OF THE MATERIALS OF THE EARLY IRON AGE FROM THE TERRITORY OF CHECHNYA

The article is devoted to determination of correlation between the historical conclusions on the origin of the Nakh (Vaynakh) ethnic groups in early Iron Age and the level of knowledge of the material artifacts of the given historical period, applied to the territory of modern Chechnya. Eventfully the conclusion is made that the level study, publication and scientific comprehension of the artifacts of material culture of early Iron Age from the territory of Chechnya does not correspond to the present level of theoretical generalization and historical conclusions about the ancient past of its indigenous population.

early Iron Age, the historical lots, the ethnos, methods of study, collections of the ancient artifacts, collections, the burial complex, the tumulus, the hillfort, the finding, the burial ground, the funds, principles of scientific approach, archeological excavations