Pages: 641-656

Excavations of Azak are held in every district of the town. That is why now it is possible to study some questions of planigraphy of this Golden Horde town. The paper lists and locates 38 so far discovered necropolis sites of 13th—14th centuries. Briefly, the origin of these sites is also offered. Mapping of the objects shows a certain logic in their location. In fact, there are two chains of necropolises almost fully surrounding the town. The necropolises in each chain appeared almost simultaneously. Both arcs of necropolises, apparently, were a result of an administrative policy, which intended to move them outside of the habitable districts. But due to rapid growth of the town in the first half of the 14th century, the necropolises in the earlier internal arc got surrounded by residential estates. Thus, the second arc of necropolises was the result of this process.

Keywords: Lower Don, Golden Horde, Azak, burial site, topography, chronology

Information about author:

Andrey Maslovskiy. Candidate of Historical Sciences. Azov Historical, Archaeological and Paleontological Museum-Reserve. Moskovskaya St., 38/40, Azov, 346780, Russian Federation.
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