Pages: 105-107

A study of aboveground and dugout structures in the excavations territory (100-160 meters to the south-west of the Cathedral Mosque) enabled an attempt to single out urban homestead plots dating to the first half of the 14th century. A complex study of a large area (1912 sq. м), distinction of additional construction horizons within the clearly dated stratigraphic scale of the Bolgar hillfort, identification of the main street, as well as the location of certain dugout structures (cellars) and the study of their content made it possible to produce a spatial organization picture of Bolgar homesteads in the area and to determine the dimensions and space of at least one homestead plot.

Keywords: Volga Bulgaria, Golden Horde period, medieval town, layout, homestead

Information about authors:

Denis Yu. Badeev. Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences. Address: Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117036, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
Renat R. Valiev. Institut of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan. Address: Butlerov St., 30, Kazan, 420012, Republic of Tatarstan
E-mail: [email protected]