Археологические раскопки в Керчи около церкви Иоанна Предтечи

• Дата: 1998
• Автор: Макарова, Т.И.
• Формат: Стаття
• Мова: Russian
• Опубліковано: Кримське відділення Інституту сходознавства ім. А.Ю. Кримського НАН України 1998
• Назва видання: Материалы по археологии, истории и этнографии Таврии
• Теми: Археология
• Онлайн доступ: http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/169946
• Назва журналу: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Цитувати: Археологические раскопки в Керчи около церкви Иоанна Предтечи / Т.И. Макарова // Материалы по археологии, истории и этнографии Таврии: Сб. научн. тр. — 1998. — Вып. VI. — С. 344-393. — Бібліогр.: 46 назв. — рос.

Excavations in Kerch in former Rynochnaya (Market) Square took place during 6 field seasons: 1963-1964, 1970-1971, 1976 and 1980. A series of 5-meter continuous layers with the remnants of building works was revealed as a result of them. The earliest period is represented by the remains of a Bosporos mint and a buried treasure with coins of the 3d century A.D. A building with a marble floor connected with a basilica complex of Justinian's period and cisterns for salting fish of the 6th - 7th centuries were left from the second period. These fundamental buildings were recovered by the building of Khazar period of the 8th - 9th centuries: a fortress wall of the citadel is traced for 15,3 m. Its destruction is dated back to the 9th century. On the surveyed surface at the depth of 2,1 m from the contemporary one a town block was discovered; it consisted of 5 houses and 2 streets paved with shell rock and broken packing dishes. This Korchev block is dated back to the 10th - 12th centuries and one of the streets leads to the northern entrance to John the Baptist Church. More than 50 stone boxes with burials of the 10th - 14th centuries were excavated near its walls, that testifies for simultaneous building of Korchev block and the church.