Based on the latest archaeological research materials of 2007-2014, some questions concerning the chronology of Polyanka, an ancient settlement in the Crimean Azov Sea region, are discussed. The analysis of the stratigraphy of the monument and of the identified building remnants suggests that in the 3rd-2nd centuries BC on a rocky plateau, immediately east of this settlement there existed an ancient settlement that preceded it and that it almost completely disappeared due to some kind of natural disaster. At the same time, a wide range in the dating of materials from the cultural layers identified in the preserved part of the plateau indicates that it was visited and used for a long time. In addition to the remains of buildings of the Hellenistic period (most likely erected for a defensive purpose), some structures of sacral nature were found. These structures appeared at the turn of the 1st century BC and were related at least with the first stage of the existence of a later settlement located in a valley at the foot of the hill.
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