Pages: 179-191

Medieval weapons are published from the excavations of Su-Bash-1 settlement and cemetery in Eastern Crimea, dating back to the time of the Golden Horde and the Crimean Khanate. Arrowheads for bow and crossbow, battle axe and two maces were found there. Perhaps iron pommel clubs of cubic shape with cut corners belong to kisten (ball attached to a strap). A fragment of the top of a bronze mace could have belonged to a person with a high status, since maces in steppe societies were often symbols of power, the so called ‘insignia’. The finds are considered in the context of the general development of military traditions in the Golden Horde and medieval Eastern Europe.

Keywords: Crimea, Golden Horde, Crimean Khanate, settlement, cemetery, weapons

Information about authors:

Anna Mastykova (Moscow, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117292, Russian Federation
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Emil Seydaliev (Simferopol, Crimea). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University. Uchebny Lane, 8, Simferopol, 295015, Crimea; Institute of Archeology of the Crimea of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Academician Vernadsky Ave., 2, Simferopol, 295007, Crimea; Crimean Scientific Center of Sh. Marjani Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Baturin St., 7A, Kazan, 420111, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation
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