Vladimir Kulakov

Two building horizons were elicited on the territory of 85 square meters in 2001, 2002 and 2008 in the course of the excavations in the south-west dune in the district Korallenberge (Kaliningrad region, Curonian Spit). The date of the low horizon, which consisted of the remains of the pillar building and pise floor, is fixed on the basis of the pottery material in the frames of the 10 ^th - the beginning of the 11 ^th c. Probably the find of the bone comb gives the much narrower frames of the existing and the death of the lower layer dated to about 950-1010 yy. The high horizon which includes the amber workroom and distinguishes by the minimization of the fragments of the moulded vessels is dated steadily to the pottery material and fibulas of 11 ^th c. - probably the first years of the 12 ^th c. The south-west dune Korallenberge is a unique settlement for the territory of Russia of the end of the Vikings' epoch and the beginning of the post-Vikings' time when the Kurshi, who were under the Scandinavian ethno-cultural influence, lived.