Pages: 381-388

The rescue archaeological excavations, held on the territory of the former thermal electric power plant in Pskov prior to its renovation, revealed a medieval “metallurgy quarters” which existed on this territory in the 13^th—16^th centuries beyond the fortification walls. The manufacturing center occurred on the site of the burial grounds of the 10^th — first half of the 11^th cc. thus having destroyed many burial mounds. It is indicative that the raw materials used by the local metallurgists contained a significant amount of fragmented and deformed jewelry, some of which may have highly likely come from the destroyed burials. To date, no clusters of industrial complexes that occupied such an area in the absence of residential development have been found on the territory of Medieval Pskov. The discovery of such a production quarter in Pskov allows us to revise both the history of urban development and the organization of production processes in one of the largest urban centers of North-Western Russia.

Keywords: MedievalRus, Pskov, metalworking, industrialdistrict, metallurgicalfurnace, metallurgicalhearth, jewelry

Information about authors:

Elena Salmina (Pskov, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Pskov State University. Leon Pozemsky St., 6, Pskov, 180760, Russian Federation; Archaeological Centre of Pskov Oblast. Gertzen St., 1/1, Pskov, 180019, Russian Federation
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Sergey Salmin (Pskov, Russian Federation). Archaeological Centre of Pskov Oblast. Gertzen St., 1/1, Pskov, 180019, Russian Federation
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