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METAL PROCESSING IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
I. R. Akhmedov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation), A. P. Gavrilov (Shilovo, Russian Federation)Matrices Used to Manufacture Elements of Heraldic Belts Found among the Ryazan-Oka Finnish Antiquities17I. A. Saprykina, A. V. Chugaev, L. A. Pelgunova, V. Ye. Rodinkova, D. A. Stolyarova (Moscow, Russian Federation)On Sources of Silver Imports into the Dnieper Region in the Early Middle Ages (by materials of Sudzha- Zamostie hoard)41Ya. V. Volodarets-Urbanovich (Kiev, Ukraine), Yu. V. Buinov (Kharkiv, Ukraine)Casting Molds from Tsirkuny 13 Settlement57E. R. Mikhaylova (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)On the Dissemination of the Pewter Ornaments in the Forest Zone of Eastern Europe in the Middle — the Second Half of the 1 Thousand AD87N. A. Leschninskaya, I. Yu. Pastushenko (Izhevsk, Russian Federation)Early Medieval Bronze Mirrors of the Kama-Vyatka Interfluve: sources and routes of import99O. V. Komar (Kiev, Ukraine)Ivakhnyky Treasure (time of concealment and cultural connections of the complex)113V. I. Zavyalov, N. N. Terekhova (Moscow, Russian Federation)Interaction of Slavic and Scandinavian Traditions in the Blacksmith’s Craft of Ancient Russia113
“THE GRANDEUR OF ANY CRAFT…”
T. N. Smekalova (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Ceramic Kilns and Transfer of Technologies in the Early Medieval Taurica Based by the Data of Natural Science Methods143T. B. Senichenkova, S. O. Uriupov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Healer’s Pot from Staraya Ladoga163I. V. Antipov (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Changes in Novgorod Building Technology at the Turn of 13th — 14th Centuries (according to the data of archaeological and restoration research)173
JEWELRY TECHNOLOGIES
S. Doncheva (Shumen, Bulgaria)Production Complexes of Metal Art of the Tenth Century in the Vicinity of Preslav. Production Technology189N. V. Eniosova (Moscow, Russian Federation)Manufacturing Techniques of the Gnezdovo Jewellers (10th — early 11th centuries) by Traceological and Metallographic Data205R. S. Minasyan (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Manufacturing Features Distinguished in Items from the Borschevka Hoard237V. I. Kulakov (Moscow, Russian Federation)Prussian Silver Repousse in the 11th—14th Centuries247
BIRDS CAPTURED IN METAL
A. V. Mastykova (Moscow, Russian Federation)The Mechanism of Distribution of Bird-Shaped Fibulae and Pendants among the Population of the Central Caucasus in the Early Middle Ages259T. B. Nikitina (Yoshkar-Ola, Russian Federation)Ornitomorphic Figurines and Images in the Grave Goods from the Vetluga-Vyatka Cemeteries289
“GLASS EYELETS, SMALL AND BIG, PERFORATED…”
O. P. Dobrova (Moscow, Russian Federation)Glass Beads with Copper and Ceramic Tubes307S. I. Valiulina (Kazan, Russian Federation), P. V. Mandryka, P. O. Senotrusova (Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation), A. A. Trifonov (Moscow, Russian Federation)Beads of the Population of the Lower Angara Region in the High Middle Ages (by materials from Prospikhinskaya Shivera-IV burial ground)311
PATTERNED FABRIC
M. S. Korolyova (Saransk, Russian Federation), N. A. Pavlova (Fryazino, Russian Federation)About the Time of the Appearance of the Horizontal Loom in the Volga Finns’ Material Culture327O. V. Orfinskaya (Moscow, Russian Federation)The Birth and Death of Samite, a Silk Fabric337M. S. Iakovchik (Moscow, Russian Federation)Textiles with Golden Threads in the Ancient Rus in the 10th — Early 11th Centuries347
SACRAL INDUSTRY
A. A. Peskova (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)On Traditional Manufacturing of Quadrifoil Encolpions in Russia361A. Yu. Churakova (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Christian Small Plastics in the Early Russian Culture (11th—13th centureis): manufacturing featurie377S. V. Tomsinsky (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Portable Stone Sculptures as Sources for Studies in the Culture of Ancient Rus and Muscovy389
REVIEWS
L. S. Klejn (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)Modern ideas of western archaeology in the new manual of archaeological theory Free!403
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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