title: Crypts with Stepped Ceilings of the Necropolis near the Village Zaozernoye in the Northwestern Crimea: Design Features, Origins of Tradition, Semantics
abstract: Necropolis near the village Zaozernoye is located 1.5 km northwest of the Chaika settlement, in the vicinity of Evpatoria. Four stone crypts with stepped ceilings were discovered. The first group in two barrows — 30 and 16. The rectangular chambers were covered with blocks in the form of false vaults, with entrances and dromoi. The second group, in kurgans 25 and 11: crypts with ledge ceilings, without entrances and dromoi. Their dating is determined by the common date of the ancient part of the
journal: Stratum plus Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology