%0 Journal Article
%T Medieval Necropolis of the Settlement in the ¡°Pod Yamacha¡± Place Near the Village Ovchartsi
%J Annual of the Faculty of History of ¡±St. Cyril and St. Methodius¡± University of Veliko Tarnovo
%D 2017
%X A medieval necropolis located on small hill near the medieval settlement in the ¡°Pod Yamacha¡± place near the village Ovchartsi was excavated during the years 2010 ¨C 2012. The medieval settlement and the necropolis dated from the period of 12th to the first half of the 13th centuries. The number of 69 graves are excavated, half of them ¨C children¡¯s graves. No church is found in the confines of the necropolis. A group of 16 ritual pits close to the necropolis is excavated, probably forming a commemorative ritual complex
%K medieval necropolis^ ritual pits^ archaeological excavations^ graves^ grave goods.
%U http://journals.uni-vt.bg/fhyb/eng/vol1/iss1/28