Complex with a Celtic Type Shield from Ak-Kaya Necropolis in Crimea Cover Image

Комплекс со щитом кельтского типа из некрополя Ак-Кая/Вишенное в Крыму
Complex with a Celtic Type Shield from Ak-Kaya Necropolis in Crimea

Author(s): Yuriy P. Zaytsev
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Ancient World
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Northern Black Sea region; Crimea; Hellenistic period; Celts; late Scythians; vault-catacomb; shield
Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to the publication of Hellenistic burial complex investigated on the territory of Ak-Kaya necropolis in 2015. There were 4 burials and 2nd—1st cc. BC diverse implements investigated in underground catacomb. Most interesting was a big oval Celtic type schield with numerous iron components — the first such find in Nortern Black sea region. There its detailed description and reconstruction, analogies and similar finds from the territory of Bosporan Kingdom and Chersonesos in the article.

  • Page Range: 289-318
  • Page Count: 30
  • Publication Year: 2018
  • Language: Russian