This very large cluster is located 3.5km southeast (bearing 150°) of Mets Mantash village, between Ma BC 16 and Ma BC 25. Mantash gorge is 0.8km to the west (map quad B1f).
As one of the largest cemeteries encountered during the survey, Ma BC 24 sprawls across a gently sloping hillside.
With more than 147 burials, this cluster of kurgans, standard cromlechs, and cist burials is extraordinarily large. Over 50 kurgans mingle amongst roughly 75 small to moderate sized cromlechs and 23 variably sized cists. Piles of stone and bedrock outcrops are also abundant, occasionally obscuring constructions and interfering with an overall count.
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Feature 1: is a large cist burial oriented north-south built of small tuff cobbles arranged in a rectangle 1.8 x 1.0m. The size of the cist is unusual for what are usually taken as Antique period burials. There is a possible resemblance to later medieval burials but those tend to be substantially larger.
Feature 2: is a moderate sized irregular kurgan, 7.6m in diameter north-south and 6.8m in diameter east-west. A large capstone atop the mound suggests an interior chamber built on the ground surface rather than sunk below it as in most traditional kurgans. Surrounding the kurgan are a series of small standard "satellite" cromlechs averaging 1.5m in diameter. It is difficult to see if this relationship is intentional or a result of the close packing of burials.
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