Крепость Тягин – выдающийся памятник средневековья на територии Нижнего Поднепровья (батиметрические исследования и реконструкции)
The fortress Tiahyn – outstanding monument of medieval age on the territory of Lower Dnieper (bathymetric survey and reconstruction)

Author(s): Svetlana A. Belyaeva, M.M. Ievlev, A.V. Chubenko
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: island; riverbed; site of ancient selltement; fortress; dungeon; tower; wall; harbour; crossing point
Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to the problems of the study of the hill fort and fortress Tiahyn with the help of various methods of natural sciences and historical reconstructions. Especially much attention was paid to the results of a bathymetric survey of the rivers Dnieper and Tiahynka close to the settlement and fortress. During the survey, the remains of two harbours were discovered, a stone defense tower, and a bridge. The next important objects, which also have been discovered were: two Dnieper river crossing points that had been functioning in antiquity and the Middle Ages. The comparing of all results of research of the fortress Tiahyn gave the possibility to study defence facilities and give its preliminary reconstruction, present the materials found during archaeological excavations.

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