Frühmittelalterlicher Halsschmuck mit Kreuzanhängern von der südwestlichen Krim
Journal: Mitteilungen zur christlichen Archäologie
Year: 2017

Archaeological materials played an important role for the studies of the history of Christianity in the South-Western Crimea. Especially interesting are individual artefacts of Christian cult, pectoral crosses in particular. Only women and girls wore these crosses in necklaces from 550-650 A.D. with crosses with flared ends. It was the earliest and the most popular type of crosses among the Crimean Goths. The location of beads and crosses documented in situ in graves provides arguments to recons