Monografiya posvyashchena slozhnoy probleme issledovaniya migratsionnykh protsessov i formirovanie novoy etnokul"turnoy sredy na osnove arkheologicheskikh pamyatnikov Srednego Povolzh"ya v pervykh vekakh nashey ery. V rabote predstavlena novaya interpretatsiya pogrebal"nogo obryada i veshchevogo inventarya pamyatnikov piseral"sko-andreevskogo tipa, rassmotreny ikh etnokul"turnye osobennosti i opredeleno istoricheskoe mesto naseleniya, ostavivshee stol" yarkie arkheologicheskie pamyatniki. V knige vpervye sobrany voedino materialy pamyatnikov piseral"sko-andreevskogo tipa i vvodyatsya v nauchnyy oborot printsipial"no novye, neopublikovannye dannye. Spetsial"noe vnimanie udeleno probleme voinskikh migratsiy, sposobstvuyushchikh sotsial"noy differentsiatsii obshchestva i vydeleniya v nem kasty voennykh vozhdey i ikh okruzheniya. Kniga prednaznachena dlya arkheologov, istorikov i etnologov.