The Pottery from Medieval Novgorod and Its Region

by Orton, Clive

• ISBN13: 9781842172681
• ISBN10: 1842172689
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-30
• Publisher: David Brown Book Co

Summary

Long-term excavations in Novgorod and other towns in its region have yielded vast amounts of medieval pottery, mostly locally-made wares of the 10th to 15th centuries, but including imports from the Baltic area, north-west Europe, south Russia, the Black Sea area and the Islamic East. There has been a revival of interest in recent years, and a wide range of questions is being asked. Some long-term projects are coming to fruition, and comparative studies are being made on a regional basis. This book seeks to bring together these studies in a way that will reinforce and inform each other. Comparing and contrasting western and Russian approaches to ceramic studies, this book demonstrates the potential of medieval pottery studies beyond its perceived value as dating evidence, and provides a sound foundation for a further generation of studies.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
List of Tables	p. viii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Contributors	p. x
Timeline	p. xi
Introduction
The Study of Medieval Ceramics from North-West Russia: A View from the West	p. 1
Chronology and Technology
Hand-Made Pottery from Ryurik Gorodishche and Novgorod	p. 13
Early Wheel-Turned Pottery from Ryurik Gorodishche (10th Century) and Certain Questions Connected with its Synchronisation with the Pottery of Novgorod and Staraya Ladoga	p. 31
Typology and Chronology of Novgorod Pottery of the 10th to 15th Centuries (Based on Material from the Troitsky XI Excavation)	p. 53
Pskov Pottery in the 12th to 16th Centuries	p. 79
Methodology
Handling Large Urban Assemblages and Their Statistics	p. 117
An Attempt to Classify the Decoration of Novgorod Medieval Pottery Using Material from Troitsky Excavation XI (Spits 22-10)	p. 127
International Contacts
Pottery Imported from the West: Reception and Resistance	p. 135
Amphorae from Novgorod the Great and Comments on the Wine Trade Between Byzantium and Medieval Russia	p. 145
Eastern Pottery from the Excavations at Novgorod	p. 161
Bibliography
Pottery from the Settlements in the Northern Part of the Ilmen Region (8th-10th Centuries) and from Medieval Novgorod (10th-15th Centuries). Bibliographical Index: 1937-2001	p. 193
References	p. 205
Index	p. 221
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