On the time of abandonment of the late Scythian settlements in the Northwestern Crimea

The paper is devoted to synchronization and dating of the final assemblages from eight Late Scythian settlements excavated in the northwestern Crimea. Based on mass finds, these settlements can be divided into two groups regarding the time when they were abandoned. The first group of settlements ceased to exist in the first quarter of the I century AD, most likely, between AD 16 and AD 23 (Kulchuk, Chayka, Kerkinitida). The settlements from the second group functioned till the end of the I - early II centuries AD (Kalos Limen, Tarpanchi, Belyaus, Yuzhno-Donuzlavskoye, Kara-Tobe).