Pages: 289-318

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.

Keywords: Northern Black Sea region, Crimea, Hellenistic period, Celts, late Scythians, vault-catacomb, shield

Information about author:

Yuriy Zaytsev (Simferopol, Crimea). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Historical and archaeological memorial estate “Scythian Neapolis”. Arkheologicheskaya St., 1, Simferopol, 295029, Crimea
E-mail: [email protected]