THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT THE CEMETERY NEAR THE VILLAGE DUBROVKA GORODOK DISTRICT IN 2014

Abstract

The article describes the archaeological research at the cemetery near the village Dubrovka orodok district in 2014. The area of the prospect hole was 16 m2. 15 burials that contained the remains of at least 24 people, including 11 children, 3 men, 7 women and 3 people, whose sex could not be determined, were open. Burials were placed in two layers, suggesting the use of an existing cemetery for repeated burials. The stone structures are well correlated with burials of a lower layer. Taking into account a great number of burials on a small area, placing of graves in two layers, additional burials, the possibility of a wide dating of the identified cross and fasteners, we can assume that the examined fragment of the cemetery was functioning for a long time, during XVII–XVIII centuries. The upper date is confirmed by a coin dated 1776.