On the issue of Pre-Greek settlement on the site of Gorgippia
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5164-2023-5-12-22
Abstract
Aim. To conduct a research of pre-antique archaeological materials found at the settlement of Gorgippia.
Methodology. The cultural and typological analysis of the materials of the Eneolithic period and the Bronze Age from the territory of the ancient settlement of Gorgippia was carried out. Comparative-typological, comparative-cultural and comparative-historical methods are used in the work, and the method of analysis and synthesis is applied.
Results. The existence of a pre-Greek settlement on the place of the ancient Gorgippia has been established. Its origin dates back to the Eneolithic period. Judging by some finds, the settlement existed until the late Bronze Age. One of its functions could have been to maintain maritime contacts with the population of Anatolia and Aegeida.
Research implications. The archaeological materials of the Eneolithic and Bronze Age, originating from the ancient Gorgippia settlement, have been introduced into scientific circulation and generalized. The fact of the existence of a pre-Greek settlement there has been established.
About the Author
A. M. Novichikhin
Anapa Archaeological Museum
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey M. Novichikhin – Cand. Sci. (History), Senior Researcher, Department of Archaeology
ul. Nabereghnaya 4, Anapa 354440
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