Abstract
The article examines the history of the study of the Hellenistic necropolises of Gorgippia, Hermonassa, Kepoi, Phanagoria and Tanais from the 19th century to the present. The funeral rite has been comprehensively analyzed by various researchers who have attempted ethnocultural diff erentiation of the buried based on burial structures, inventory and anthropological characteristics. The burial complexes discovered throughout all periods of study have not been fully introduced into scientific circulation, which complicates further analysis of the complexes. The material obtained over the past 20 years requires a new understanding.
Keywords
Northern Black Sea region, Asiatic Bosporus necropolises, Hellenism.
Natalya A. Antonova
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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