Abstract
The article deals with the Khazar houses discovered during the archaeological research at the “Lower Town” Site in Phanagoria. Most of the houses had a three-part division: the entrance hall and two rooms located on its both sides. Apart of three-room houses, multiroom houses consisting of four or more rooms were also common. The quarters of Phanagoria had a unifi ed layout, close to orientation to the cardinal points. This layout was maintained throughout the entire period of the Middle Ages.
Keywords
Archaeology, Phanagoria, medieval layers, Khazars, house building.
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