Ksenia L. Sintserova

Institute of Archaeology RAS, Moscow, Russia

E-mail: kseniasincerova@gmail.com

Keywords: rural settlements of the Bosporus, house construction of the classical world, half-subterranean structures.

The discussion about the special stage in the history of Greek house construction in the Northern Pontic associated with subterranean and half-subterranean structures has given rise to a host of other questions. What were these structures like? Were they residential, and did they even exist? Researchers have primarily relied on materials obtained during excavations of Northern Pontic cities. Information from the chora sites has rarely been used. The paper considers this category of objects particularly. It is based on a catalogue of (half)subterranean structures on both sides of the strait. The article provides a comparative analysis of the sizes and layouts of these structures, an overview of their interior features and details, and an attempt to identify features characteristic of different chronological periods, as well as their proposed interpretation and the place within the overall system of house construction practices in the ancient Bosporus.

DOI: 10.7868/S3034577426010111