Material Culture of Rural Settlements of the XIV–XV Centuries in the Chuvash Sura Basin
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https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2024.4.271.283Keywords:
archaeology, Lower Sura region, Trans-Sura, Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal, Prince Boris Konstantinovich, Golden Horde, settlements, Kurmysh, blacksmithingAbstract
Group of settlements of the XVI –XV centuries in the right bank of the Sura River is a unique archaeological complex in the Russian-Horde borderland. Since the foundation of the town of Kurmysh on the Sura River in 1372, an extensive settlement structure was formed around it on both sides of the river. It includes fortified and unfortified settlements that are not mentioned in historical sources. The data on archaeological finds from the right bank settlements I–VIII nearby the village of Vyselok No. 1, settlements I–IV nearby the village of N. Ekaterinovka and settlement II nearby the village of Ilyina Gora is introduced into scientific discourse.
A distinctive feature of these settlements is Slavonic ceramics. The paper provides a chronological and typological description of metal tools, individual finds and pottery. Tools of labor, crafts and everyday life predominate among them; weapons, jewelry and coins are rare. A comparison of the collection with synchronous sites of the Middle Volga region is given.
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