Humanities & Social Sciences 4 (2016 9) 971-977 ~ ~ ~ УДК 903′18 Urban Archaeology: Problems, Methods, Results Violetta O. Saibert* Altai State University 61 Lenin Str., Barnaul, 656049, Russia Received 16.08.2015, received in revised form 29.10.2015, accepted 20.01.2016 Urban archaeology has become the actual phenomenon in modern scientifi c researches as it forms unique knowledge about early and preliterate history of the cities. <...> The article describes the features and methods of archaeological research in the territory of the cities. <...> Also it shows the differences between the fi eld of archaeology and archaeological research in the urban environment. <...> The main differences are: the research method is determined by the layout of the city, funding from businesses, research focuses on promotion of the study of objects. <...> Methods of urban archaeology are divided into two groups: the archaeological work and museumifi cation. <...> There are the examples of museumifi cated archaeological sites in the cities of foreign countries, and in various cities in the regions of Russia. <...> This work was supported by grant from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Resolution N 220) obtained by Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “Altai State University” project № 2013-220-04-129 “Ancient Siberia population settlement: the formation and dynamics of cultures in North Asia. <...> In some situations, archaeological fi nds are carefully cherished and Violetta O. Saibert. <...> In the other, these are more frequent, countless communications and overpasses, pedestrian tunnels and subway lines that are being built are constantly getting to and destroying the most vulnerable element of the city – the cultural layer of the archaeological remains. <...> Urban archaeology has become the actual phenomenon in modern scientifi c researches as it forms unique knowledge about early and preliterate history of it is a rapid growth of national the cities. <...> The methods of urban archeology can be divided into two groups: archaeological research and museumifi cation of Archaeological archaeological sites. research is carried out by all rules of excavations which include a preliminary examination, marking of the excavation and the excavation by the rules relating to a particular type of monument, namely researching work, archaeological excavations, recording of artifact’s fi nd-site, making <...>