Pages: 229-238 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp234229238 

Children’s graves were discovered in numerous burial grounds of Roman times in the South-Western and Central Crimea. Despite the large number of excavated graves, there are no special investigations on the peculiarities of the children’s funerary tradition. The paper provides a brief description of specific features identified in the spread of children’s burials at Frontovoe 3 cemetery and focuses on a number of graves dating back to the 4 ^th century AD. All of them were made in separate niches. They have a typical set of grave goods for the chronological period under consideration. Special attention is paid to the specific location of children’s burials in the cemetery. In conclusion, the author offers a review of published children’s burials from synchronous sites.

Keywords: Crimea, burial ground, Roman period, children’s burial, chronology

Information about author:

Alexey Sviridov (Moscow, Russian Federation). Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117292, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0003-2690-5046