Cremation Site 7 (Excavation 4.1), Southern Suburb of Taurica Chersonesos
Journal: Nizhnevolzhskiy Arheologicheskiy Vestnik
Year: 2025

During a comprehensive exploration of the Southern suburb of Tauric Chersonesos in 2021–2023, about 340 cremation sites were discovered; those were designated locations where the bodies of the deceased buried in the necropolis were burned according to the cremation rite. These structures had the appearance of pits of various sizes with heavily calcined walls and bottoms. A characteristic feature of most of the complexes is the presence of a special truncated-conical protrusion located in the cen