On the History of Asian Bosporus in the Early Byzantine Times: Excavations at Verkhnegostagayevskoye
Journal: Archaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia
Year: 2017

This study focuses on Verkhnegostagayevskoye—a fortress in the Krasnodar Territory, dating to the Late Classical and Early Byzantine era. It has a multilevel fortifi cation system constructed with the use of Classical Greek building materials according to the tradition of adobe-and-stone architecture. The fortress, situated far away from major seashores and inland transport arteries and studied by nondestructive topographic methods such as magnetic prospection, was a strategically important refu