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Volume 104 No. 4
October 2000
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The Chora of Chersonesos in Crimea, Ukraine
Joseph Coleman Carter, Melba Crawford, Paul Lehman, Galina Nikolaenko, and Jessica Trelogan
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This is a first report of an ongoing, collaborative study by the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos and the Institute of Classical Archaeology, Austin, Texas of the chora of the Greek colony of Chersonesos in southwestern Crimea, Ukraine. It presents an over-view of the problems with the basic literature, the goals of this interdisciplinary project, and the preliminary results of the first five years of collaboration. The topics and methodologies covered include the historical development of the chora in light of nearly a century of archaeological investigation and scholarship; the geographic and geomorphic characteristics of the chora; the topographical and archaeological features and recent changes to the land surface through space-based remote sensing; the excavation and conservation of an early Hellenistic period farm site; and the excavation of a multiphase fortified site on the eastern border of the chora, now under way.
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