Keppen explains (page 45] that the Crimean Tatars marked grave sites with simple pillars. A chalma (turban) traditionally topped the grave of a man, while a flat shliapka (cap) often topped that of a woman's grave.
Source:
Petr Keppen, O drevnostiakh IUzhnago Berega Kryma i Gor Tavricheskikh (Sankt Peterburg, 1837): 17-19. [go to the page]
Publisher:
The Stanford Library copy was digitized by Google.
