Finno-Ugric Antiquities from the Central Part of the Bolgar Fortified Settlement (based on the materials of excavations at the site of the city bazaar)
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https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2023.6.191.200Keywords:
archaeology, Middle Volga, medieval town, jingling pendant, clasp, the MordvaAbstract
During archaeological studies, a representative collection of Finno-Ugric artefacts (20 pcs.) was collected in the central part of the Bolgar fortified settlement. Most of them are various decorations and clothing items. They were made of copper alloy. Among the finds of the pre-Mongol period there are jingling pendants of various types, their details, clasps (syulgams) and copper tube beads. Some of the items have analogies among the objects from the Lomovatovo culture sites. Other items are similar to objects from the burial complexes of the muroma and merya people. There are similar artefacts in individual burials on the territory of Volga Bolgaria. Objects of the Golden Horde period were represented by 2 types of copper clasps (syulgams): with triangular blades and spiral-ended. Clasps of these types are typical Mordovian ornaments. The finds of the XVIII–XIX centuries include a comb-pendant made of copper alloy.
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