About the book: 1989 / The volume contains archaeological materials covering the life of early nomads and their closest neighbors who inhabited the steppes and forest-steppes of Eastern Europe in the 8th century. BC e. - III century n. e. The book focuses on the Scythians and Sarmatians, who played the most significant role in the history of the peoples of our country in the early Iron Age. Based on archaeological and ancient written sources, characteristics of the life, economic activity, social structure of various groups of tribes are given, the current state of the problems of Scythian and Sarmatian archeology is presented, among which there are still many debatable.