History of investigations on the chora of Tauric Chersonesos in 1783-1960
The ancient system of land division at the nearer chora of Chersonesos is a very important archaeological source on the economic, social and political history of early democratic state. The significance of this site has been recognized by the world scientific community: since 2013, Chersonesos and its rural territory are included into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Still as early as the beginning and middle of the 20th century, the remains of the ancient Greek land division system on the Herakleian and Mayachny peninsulas were unique ones within the entire Mediterranean and Black Sea region in terms of their state of preservation. By now, this reference site is considerably disturbed in the course of the military and economic development of Sevastopol. Therefore, in our days, archive materials concerned with field archaeological investigations conducted here until the 1950s, topographic records and maps of the land plots and farmhouses present one of the most important sources for studies of the ancient system of land division at the Chora of Tauric Chersonesos.