Historical transformations of early medieval basilica churches of the North-Eastern Black Sea region in the light of the new data method based on lime mortars

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the medieval temples‘ architecture historical transformations in Musser, Tsandripsh, Loo in comparison with the data of the temples‘ mortar analysis by the X-ray phase method. The scientific novelty of the article is due to the fact that a comprehensive study of historical transformations and volumetric-spatial solutions of the temples made it possible to clarify their dating and construction periods.