THE FORTIFIED SETTLEMENT OF DEMIDOVKA IN SMOLENSK REGION. STRATIGRAPHY, SOILS, STRUCTURES, POTTERY, ANIMAL BONES

Nikolay A. Krenke; Кренке Н. А.; Ekaterina Yu. Tavlintseva; Тавлинцева Е. Ю.; Vera A. Raeva; Раева В. А.; Maria M. Pevzner; Певзнер М. М.; Olga A. Lopatina; Лопатина О. А.; Ivan N. Ershov; Ершов И. Н.; Kirill A. Ganichev; Ганичев К. А.; Vladislav A. Volkov; Волков В. А.; Viktoria V. Begunova; Бегунова В. В.; Arkady B. Savinetsky; Савинецкий А. Б.; Aleksandr L. Aleksandrovsky; Александровский А. Л.; Nikolay V. Lopatin; Лопатин Н. В.; Sergey N. Chaukin; Чаукин С. Н.

doi:10.31857/S0869606323040104

THE FORTIFIED SETTLEMENT OF DEMIDOVKA IN SMOLENSK REGION. STRATIGRAPHY, SOILS, STRUCTURES, POTTERY, ANIMAL BONES

Authors: Krenke N.A.¹, Tavlintseva E.Y.², Raeva V.A.¹, Pevzner M.M.³, Lopatina O.A.¹, Ershov I.N.¹, Ganichev K.A.¹, Volkov V.A.¹, Begunova V.V.⁴, Savinetsky A.B.⁵, Aleksandrovsky A.L.⁶, Lopatin N.V.¹, Chaukin S.N.¹
Affiliations:
1. Institute of Archaeology RAS
2. Museum of Moscow
3. Geological Institute RAS
4. Smolensk State Museum-Reserve
5. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS
6. Institute of Geography RAS
Issue: No 4 (2023)
Pages: 97-115
Section: ARTICLES
URL: https://freezetech.ru/0869-6063/article/view/655733
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869606323040104
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/IEYDCS
ID: 655733

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Abstract

The article presents new results of studying the reference fortified settlement of Demidovka in Smolensk Region, Russian Federation, the lower date of which is the 7th (8th) century BC, the upper one is 6th century AD. The authors analyze museum collections (Smolensk) of the 1960s excavations that have not been covered in the publications, drawing records from the archive of the Institute of Archaeology RAS, data from palaeosoil and geochemical studies. As part of the study, additional test excavations were conducted, which made it possible to clarify the stratigraphy of the site and refine the plan of the “big house” – the residence of a noble family member (nobile) of the 5th century AD. A significant series of radiocarbon dates has been obtained, and an archaeozoological collection has been assembled that characterizes the diet of the settlement dwellers.

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the fortified settlement of Demidovka, the Kolochin culture, radiocarbon dates, “big house”, pottery, palaeosoil science, archaeozoology.

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