RAS History & PhilologyРоссийская археология Russian archeology

  • ISSN (Print) 0869-6063
  • ISSN (Online) 3034-5774

SUDZHA-ZAMOSTIE HOARD AND THE PROBLEM OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INTERPRETATION OF THE DNEPR EARLY MEDIEVAL HOARDS, GROUP I

PII
S0869-60630000338-4-1
DOI
10.7868/S30000338-4-1
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
Authors
Volume/ Edition
Volume / Issue 2
Pages
130-147
Abstract
In 2009, on the territory of the village of Zamostie near the city of Sudzha, Kursk Region, a hoard containing more than 1500 items was found. These are mainly the items related to Group I of the "antiquities of the Antae", which makes it possible to attribute the Sudzha-Zamostie hoard to the Martynovka type treasure complexes. However, in its composition there are earlier products - of the second half of the 5th-6th century and even of the 2nd-3rd centuries. Most items have traces of use or repair, many are broken. Complete sets of personal ornaments are missing. The items were discovered in several clusters and individually on the area of about 6 m2 0.3-0.7 m deep in the low floodplain of the Sudzha, 50 m from the modern bank of the river. There are no cultural layers of the Roman and the Early Medieval Period on the site of the finding. Synchronous archaeological sites in the immediate vicinity are unknown. The results of paleopedology studies show that in the past the hoard hiding site was periodically flooded. The composition features and mode of the complex occurrence challenge its traditional interpretation as a set of material assets hidden at the time of danger. The Sudzha-Zamostie hoard, as some other treasures of the "Martynovka" kind, can could be of a sacral nature.
Keywords
the Early Middle Ages, the Middle Dnieper and the Dnieper Left Bank Region, the Martynovka type hoards
Date of publication
01.04.2018
Year of publication
2018
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8
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776

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