LATE-MEDIEVAL CEMETERY IN THE AGROTOWN KAMEN OF LEPEL DISTRICT IN THE LIGHT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH 1999
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The article describes archaeological excavations at the ground cemetery near Kamen agrotown of Lepel district in Vitebsk region in 1999. The cemetery is located on the site of the hillfort, where a church was built in the 19th century. 20 burials (probably, 5 men, 3 women, 6 children, and others, whose sex could not be determined) were open. The heads of skeletons are oriented to the West (8 burials), to the West with deviation to the North (2 burial), and to the West with deviation to the South (10 burials). Remains of coffins have been found in in the filling of grave pits of 12 burials. A ring, a brooch, a cross, and some costume details have been found in 3 burials. The cemetery dates back to the 14th–18th centuries.
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