title: THE FORTIFIED SETTLEMENT OF DEMIDOVKA IN SMOLENSK REGION. STRATIGRAPHY, SOILS, STRUCTURES, POTTERY, ANIMAL BONES
abstract: The article presents new results of studying the reference fortified settlement of Demidovka in Smolensk Region, Russian Federation, the lower date of which is the 7th (8th) century BC, the upper one is 6th century AD. The authors analyze museum collections (Smolensk) of the 1960s excavations that have not been covered in the publications, drawing records from the archive of the Institute of Archaeology RAS, data from palaeosoil and geochemical studies. As part of the study, additional test exca
journal: Rossiiskaia arkheologiia