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The article is devoted to the analysis and republishment of the full version of the little-known «Corpus of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Findings in Bessarabia», created in 1913-1916 by questioning of 800 local correspondents. It was created by the wine-maker N.K. Mogilyansky (1877-1966) and the official Ya.M. Ebergardt (1887 - ?). On the territory of eight districts of Bessarabia (now the Republic of Moldova, Odessa and Chernivtsi regions of Ukraine) about 1300 objects were taken into account: burial mounds, ancient cemeteries, ancient settlements and settlements, earthworks and other fortifications, caves, as well as finds of coins and other artifacts. The article contains an analysis of the «Corpus» and concluded that it is a living canvas of the collective folk notions about the antiquities of Bessarabia, as well as a road map for searching and excavating old and unknown archeological monuments.

This volume is one of the most important works on ancient Athens in the last fifty years. The focus is on the early city, from the end of the Bronze Age—ca. 1200 BCE—to the Archaic period, when Athens became the largest city of the Classical period. From a systematic study of all the excavation reports and surveys in central Athens, the author has synthesized a detailed diachronic overview of the city from the Submycenaean period through the Archaic. It is a treasure-trove of information for archaeologists who work in this period. Of great value as well are the detailed maps included, which present features of ancient settlements and cemeteries, the repositories of the human physical record. Over eighty additional large-scale, interactive maps are available online to complement the book.Series: Monumenta Archaeologica 42