The “ritual specialist” or “shaman” interpretation is plausible but not proven.

The “princess” label is probably misleading.

The precise nature of the role that her burial suggests remains a matter of specialist interpretation.

We do not know whether she had children, whether she was part of a specific family group whose other members are among the other kurgans on the plateau, whether she died in the region or was brought from elsewhere.

We do not know what she believed, what stories she told, what songs her community sang, what she thought of the world she inhabited.