The article is devoted to the research of three medieval shipwrecks in the Crimean water area, discovered at a depth of more than 80 m. In the course of the research, modern technical means were used, and a comprehensive analysis of the archaeological material was initiated. The first shipwreck, Chersonesos-A, is dated to the X-XI centuries. thanks to the preserved cargo of Taman-type pitchers. The second shipwreck, the Byzantine ship of Foros, is dated to the 13th century on the basis of amphora containers and radiocarbon dating. The third shipwreck was discovered in 2015 on the beam of Balaklava and dated to the second half of the X-XI century. Keywords: shipwreck, deep-sea research, underwater archeology, Taman-type jugs, medieval amphorae. MEDIEVAL DEEP SEA SHIPWRECKS IN THE WATERS OF THE CRIMEA Viktor VAKHONEEV, Victor LEBEDINSKI The article is devoted to the investigations of three medieval shipwrecks in the waters of the Crimea, discovered at the depth more than 80 m. Modern technologies were applied and comprehensive analysis of sunken archaeological material was initiated. The first shipwreck, Chersonesos-A, is dated to the tenth-eleventh centuries due to the safety of the cargo jars of the Taman type. The second shipwreck, Foros Byzantine, is dated to the thirteenth century on the basis of the amphorae materials and radiocarbon analysis. The third shipwreck was found in 2015 near Balaklava and dated the first half of the eleventh century. Keywords: shipwreck, deep sea research, underwater archaeology, Taman type jars, medieval amphorae. Over the past few years, archaeological science has been enriched by several underwater finds of ancient shipwrecks discovered in the waters of the Northern Black Sea region. The earliest of them, discovered in 2012 in the water area of the Kinburnskaya Spit (Mykolaiv region), contained a cargo of Phasos and Chios amphorae of the third quarter of the fifth century BC. Another ancient shipwreck is located near the island of ... Read more