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The monograph is devoted to the publication and analysis of materials of the 5th–1st centuries B.C., obtained as a result of extensive archaeological researches, conductedunder the guidance of the Imperial Archaeological Commission on the territory of the necropolis of the Greek colony of Chersonesos, located on the Crimean Peninsulain the Northern Black Sea region.
The first two chapters of the monograph provide a description and general overview of the topography and history of the excavations, analyze the structural characteristics and typology of the funerary structures discovered in the necropolis. Individual chapters present a reconstruction of the funerary traditions and practices of the inhabitants of Chersonesos, as well as an analysis of the main variants of arrangement and orientation of the skeletal remains and funerary structures recorded in the necropolis. The last chapter presents a comprehensive analysis of the groups and types of objects accompanying the funerary assemblages, whose use was conditioned by the funerary rites and practices of the population of Chersonesos in the pre-Roman period. The monograph is accompanied by a catalogue with descriptions of funerary structures and assemblages from the necropolis excavations of 1891–1914.
The book is addressed both to specialists and researchers, as well as to the general public interested in the history of Chersonesos and the Crimea.