Pages: 509-526
The article treats a small group of hoards in the Dniester basin, in the territory of the Prague culture, correlated with the Sclavines of the 5th — 7th centuries. These are the findings in Krylos, Zalesye, Velykyi Kuchuriv. Apparently, they mark a center of power, corresponding to the area of dense Slavic settlement. Byzantinization of the chiefs’ elite is evidenced for the Balkan Slavs in the 7th century. The hoards in the Dniester basin also demonstrate a strong Byzantine influence on the material culture of the Slavic chiefs’ elites.
Keywords: chiefdoms, Sclavini, Antae, the Dniester-Prut interfluve, Byzantine influence
Information about author:
Michel Kazanski (Paris, France). Doctor habilitat of history. National Center for Scientific Research
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