Многослойный памятник «Приморский бульвар» в Одессе: от античности до средневековья
The “Primorsky Boulevard” multi-layered site in Odessa: from antiquity to the Middle Ages

Summary/Abstract: The earliest cultural layers of the “Primorsky Boulevard” archeological site in Odessa are represented by antique strata in two places: archaic settlement (second half of the 6th century – beginning of the 5th century BC) near the Vorontsov Palace and a later part of the settlement (5th-3rd centuries BC) in the southwestern part of the boulevard. From the side of Teatralny Lane, a necropolis adjoined the settlement. There may have been some population here in the first centuries of our era, judging by the rare finds of the Roman time. The era of the Middle Ages is represented by finds only in the northern part of the boulevard, where layers of the 14th century spread, which were disturbed by subsequent construction. Apparently, numerous finds of this period represent the Ginestra trading station or some small intermediate point on the way from the lower Dnieper region to the large, nearest at that time, the city Akcha-Kermen (Belgorod). The Ottoman period (16th-18th centuries) is represented by a variety of finds that are found throughout the boulevard. In its southern part, their increased concentration is associated with the existence of the urban infrastructure of Khadzhibey, in the northern – with its fortifications. Excavations uncovered an unpaved, coastal embankment of the second half of the 18th century, used as an artillery wallgang. The foundations of an archaic stone castle were located in the area of boulevard alleys opposite houses No. 5-6, the search for which continues to this day.

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