Mortars of the Eski-Kermen and Gorzuvit Tombs
Journal: Crystallography Reports
Year: 2024

A comparative analysis of the mortars of two burial structures of the medieval cities of Crimea (on the Eski-Kermen plateau and in Gorzuvit) has been performed. Despite the different purposes of the structures (the tomb on the Eski-Kermen plateau was built inside an existing building, the outer walls of the tomb in Gorzuvit were “built up” to increase the internal space volume), lime mortar was used in both cases. The faunal remains found in the lime base made it possible to clarify the origin o