Fortification of the Khazar Kaganate on the Nizhny Don. Semikarakori settlement
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Semikarakori settlement is a brick fortress, the largest among the brick and stone fortresses of the Khazar Kaganate in the river basin. Don, Rostov region.
The author spent the first excavations of the fortress in 1971-1974. The fortress with an area of 4 hectares is built according to the “square” scheme in a square ”of raw brick with a fraction of burned, without corner towers, but with a grandiose donjon. The main volume of the book is assigned to building materials and technologies of brick construction, the method of excavations of the raw walls.
A complete surprise was the opening of buildings from burned brick in the citadel. For the roof, the tiles of Byzantine types were used, the analogues of which the author found in the museums of Crimea and Bulgaria. Analysis of stratigraphy led to the conclusion about the short -term existence of the fortress. Died during the assault, the remains of the dead women and children were found. A number of data make it possible to synchronize the Semikarakor fortress with the Right -Bank Tsimlyanskaya and attribute to the Dosarkel time, to the end of the VIII - the very beginning of the 9th century. The totality of facts and observations led to the conclusion about the appointment of the Semikarakor fortress: the rate of Khazar kagans on the Lower Don.
The introduction of the Semikarakor fortress into scientific circulation allows you to reconsider the existing ideas about the participation of Byzantium in the formation of the Khazar fortification. Eviously, the question arises that the mission of Petron Kamatir was not the only one.
For archaeologists, historians, teachers, students.
2nd edition
The author spent the first excavations of the fortress in 1971-1974. The fortress with an area of 4 hectares is built according to the “square” scheme in a square ”of raw brick with a fraction of burned, without corner towers, but with a grandiose donjon. The main volume of the book is assigned to building materials and technologies of brick construction, the method of excavations of the raw walls.
A complete surprise was the opening of buildings from burned brick in the citadel. For the roof, the tiles of Byzantine types were used, the analogues of which the author found in the museums of Crimea and Bulgaria. Analysis of stratigraphy led to the conclusion about the short -term existence of the fortress. Died during the assault, the remains of the dead women and children were found. A number of data make it possible to synchronize the Semikarakor fortress with the Right -Bank Tsimlyanskaya and attribute to the Dosarkel time, to the end of the VIII - the very beginning of the 9th century. The totality of facts and observations led to the conclusion about the appointment of the Semikarakor fortress: the rate of Khazar kagans on the Lower Don.
The introduction of the Semikarakor fortress into scientific circulation allows you to reconsider the existing ideas about the participation of Byzantium in the formation of the Khazar fortification. Eviously, the question arises that the mission of Petron Kamatir was not the only one.
For archaeologists, historians, teachers, students.
2nd edition
Author:
Author:Flerov Valery Sergeevich
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Arts & Photography
- Category:Politics & Social Science
- Category:Reference books
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-907290-45-7
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