The Archaeology of Medieval Novgorod in Context: Studies of Centre/Periphery Relations

by Brisbane, Mark A.; Makarow, Nikolaj A.; Nosov, Evgenij N.; Judelson, Katharine

• ISBN13: 9781842172780
• ISBN10: 1842172786
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781842178461
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-30
• Publisher: David Brown Book Co
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Summary

Following on from the other volumes in this series, this collection of papers will integrate aspects of the previous volumes and examine the wider context of the influence of medieval Novgorod through the evidence for the exploitation of natural resources and their conversion via craft activity into products for local consumotion and/or trade. Three area case studies in northwest Russia will be considered: the first in the immediate hinterland of Novgorod; the second within Novgorod itself, and the third in the Byeloozero, Lake Kubenskoye area to the northeast of Novgorod, on the edge of the territory known as Novgorod Land and a centre for hunting and trapping animals for the fur trade. The book will include over twenty contributions from a number of Russian and West European experts covering the range of archaeological and environmental areas examined as part of an international ten-year collaborative project. It offers an innovative approach to wider questions of extraction, manufacture and production, and consumption which will have implications for the study of medieval European archaeology. Includes a companion CD with supporting data.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. xi
List of Tables and Charts	p. xv
Editors' Preface	p. xvi
Editors' Acknowledgements	p. xxii
Contributors	p. xxiii
Timeline	p. xxv
Dedication	p. xxvi
Introduction
Medieval Novgorod in its wider context	p. 1
The Environmental Context
Results of palynological investigations of the archaeological sites in the Lake Ilmen and Lake Kubenskoye study areas	p. 10
The Periphery of Novgorod Lands: A Case Study From Minino, Byeloozero
The Minino Project: The investigation of a group of medieval sites in the Byeloozero region of northern Russia	p. 40
Buildings and structures of the Minino archaeological complex	p. 58
The manufacture of metal jewellery in rural settlements on the north-eastern fringe of medieval Russia	p. 76
Medieval pottery from the Minino archaeological complex	p. 106
Glass beads from the Minino archaeological complex	p. 122
Novgorod's Hinterland including Ryurik Gorodishche
The natural environment and settlement patterns of the Lake Ilmen region in the last third of the first millennium AD	p. 139
Bronze working at Ryurik Gorodishche and other settlements in the region north of Lake Ilmen in the 9th and 10th centuries	p. 152
Ferrous metallurgy in the territory around Lake Ilmen at the end of the first and the beginning of the second millennium AD	p. 172
An analytical study of iron slag from the Novgorod hinterland	p. 185
The City of Novgorod the Great: Case Studies
Investigating social change in 12th-13th century Novgorod using slag inclusions	p. 195
Metal melting crucibles from medieval Novgorod	p. 210
The production of textiles in Novgorod from the 10th to the 14th centuries	p. 224
Varieties of timber used to make wooden artefacts in Novgorod: a short case study	p. 259
Fair and foul: Analysis of sub-fossil insect remains from Troitsky XI-XIII, Novgorod (1996-2002)	p. 265
Perspectives on non-wood plants in the sampled assemblage from the Troitsky excavations of medieval Novgorod	p. 283
Centre and Periphery: Integrative Papers
The plant economy of northern medieval Russia	p. 321
From Alces to Zander: A summary of the zooarchaeological evidence from Novgorod, Gorodische and Minino	p. 351
The fur trade in the economy of the Northern Borderlands of medieval Russia	p. 381
Leather working in North-West Russia	p. 391
Leather objects from Troitsky XI, Novgorod
Preliminary identification of leather fragments from Novgorod excavations (1991-2001)
Pottery production in the Novgorod region: Local traditions and foreign influences	p. 425
Indicators of craft specialisation in medieval ceramics from North-West Russia	p. 435
Evidence concerning craft production in the birch-bark documents of Novgorod	p. 448
List of Abbreviations	p. 455
References	p. 456
Index	p. 486
CD-ROM (inside Back Cover) Index to CD-ROM
Spiridonova & Aleshinskaya: Pollen diagrams for all profiles studied Micro-photographs of pollen grains Notes on present day vegetation in the Lake Ilmen area
Zaitseva: Table of results from analyses of copper alloy objects
Zakharov: List of references to unpublished archives used in this chapter
Yeremeyev: Details of the nine areas in the Lake Ilmen area considered within the chapter
Reilly: Photographs and identifications of insect remains Species list for all samples from Troitsky XI, XII and XIII, Novgorod
Monk & Johnston: Plant remains tables List of samples analysed List of taxa found with common names
Alsleben: Supporting tables: plant species from sites studied
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