The hillfort of 11 kilometer» excavations (Leninsky district of the Republic of Crimea)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
А.Н. Свиридов ◽  
С.В. Язиков
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Middle Bronze Age ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Late Roman

The paper deals with preliminary results of settlement «The hillfort of 11 kilometer» excavations (Leninsky district of the Republic of Crimea). Three excavation trenches of 16520 square meters were investigated. The settlement was appeared in the Middle Bronze Age. The most intense period of site existence is Roman times. Most of the studied structures dates to I–II centuries AD. In addition, materials of Hellenistic times, Middle and Modern ages were met. A group of Late Roman times burials was found.

scholarly journals Archaeometric Characterization of Obsidian Artifacts at Casa dei Francesi (Ustica Island, Italy) and Clues of a Hidden Prehistoric Settlement

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 236-247
Author(s):  
Franco Foresta Martin ◽  
Felice Larocca ◽  
Francesca Micheletti ◽  
Mauro Pallara ◽  
Pasquale Acquafredda
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Agricultural Field ◽  
Show Evidence ◽  
Middle Bronze Age ◽  
Functional Analyses ◽  
Non Destructive ◽  
Non Destructive Techniques ◽  
Late Roman

AbstractAt Ustica island (Palermo, Italy), in the area of Casa dei Francesi, 119 fragments of obsidian artifacts were collected on the surface of an agricultural field at an altitude of 50 m asl. In the same area, until now, scientific literature reports only the presence of late Roman pottery (4th–6th centuries AD), and no evidence has appeared that it could be the site of a prehistoric settlement. The most important prehistoric settlement, the Faraglioni Village (Middle Bronze Age) is located 700 m further north, overlooking the sea. Obsidian provenance analyses, performed on the 119 samples with absolutely non-destructive techniques WD-XRF and SEM-EDS, indicate two sources areas: Lipari (93 samples, 78%) and Pantelleria (26 samples, 22%). Concerning the obsidians from the island of Pantelleria, it was possible to also establish the sub-source of Salto la Vecchia. The typological and functional analyses of the 119 obsidian fragments point out that 115 are debitages, some of which show evidence of percussion bulbs, and only 4 are tools with micro-retouching. This work focuses on the geochemical and typological characterization of the obsidian assemblage collected, the characteristics of which suggest the existence of a prehistoric settlement in the area of the Casa dei Francesi or nearby.

scholarly journals Discovery and Early Studies of the Post-Dolmen Burial Site near Sevastopolskaya Village

2021 ◽  
pp. 130-143
Author(s):  
Vladimir Erlih ◽  
Georgiy Godizov
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Burial Site ◽  
Rock Fill ◽  
Middle Bronze Age ◽  
The Republic

The paper provides a summary of the results of early studies carried out within the archeo­logical complex near Sevastopolskaya village (the Republic of Adygea) discovered in 2019. The site includes a settlement and a dolmen-mound burial. In 2020, the archeologists studied Sevastopolsky-35 mound — a frame box under a rock fill, as well as a re-used dolmen (Sevastopolsky-41). The authors believe the discovered objects are so-called post-dolmen monuments of the Middle Bronze Age (Shushuk-I period). The objects are pre-dated 28th–24th cent. B.C.

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