Soil Microbiological Approaches to Reconstruction of the Purpose of Ancient Settlements Construction
Journal: Nizhnevolzhskiy Arheologicheskiy Vestnik
Year: 2023

The aim of the article is reconstruction of purpose of ancient settlements construction using a combination of chemical and microbiological indicators. The study object is the Bagai-1 settlement of the Late Bronze Age in the northwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula. The chemical and microbiological properties of the occupation layer within the buildings of various shapes and sizes in different parts of the site have been studied. It was established that the Bagai-1 settlement is a stationary s