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The Orikti Settlement

The Orikti Settlement

It is located on the southwestern outskirts of the village of Orikti (the former village of Krasny Vostok). It is suggested that this place was once a settlement whose dwellers served the residence of the Saka nobility: the settlement of Rakhat. The preliminary dating of the monument is V-III centuries BC.

The main parts of the settlement form an enclosed circle. From the eastern, northern and western sides the territory of the settlement was fortified with a dirt wall. The south side is protected by a moat. There is a modern cemetery located on the eastern part of the territory. The northern part is also partially occupied by burials. The research works by the Reserve-Museum on the site of Orikti started in 2012. The excavation begun with a test stratigraphic trench at the two small kurgans of the Turkic Period; which together with fragments of ceramics, bone, and stone artifacts found in the cemeteries date the lower layer of the site as 3-1 centuries. BC.