DUGOUTS AND SEMI-DUGOUTS OF SAMOSDELKA SETTLEMENT (BASED ON MATERIALS FROM EXCAVATION I)
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https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2021.3.240.254Keywords:
archaeology, Middle Ages, Lower Volga region, Khazar Kaganate, Saksin, Golden Horde, settlement, semi-dugouts, dugouts, dwellings, household structuresAbstract
The paper is aimed at the publication of semi-dugouts and a dugout investigated at Samosdelka settlement of the 9th−14th centuries located in the Lower Volga. Two semi-dugouts dating back to the early and middle periods of the settlement's existence were shallow rectangular pits. Their walls had a frame structure: one of the walls was composed of poles plastered with clay, and another one had the space between the poles laid with unfi red brick. Analogies to these buildings are located in the Don part of Khazar Kaganate and in Volga Bolgaria. The structure of the 12th century it is also interesting because a large hoard of lead ingots was found inside. A large dugout of the late period had a depth of more than 2 meters. Its walls were lined with fragments of fired bricks. The large number of reconstructions indicates that the dugout existed for a long period of time. The composition of the fi nds suggests that its inhabitants were wealthy people, and a craft workshop could have been located in the dugout. The building has no complete analogies.
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