Nomads and Natives beyond the Danube and the Black Sea

700–900 CE

Autor: Musteaţă, Sergiu
Editor: Arc Humanities Press
Col·lecció: Black Sea World
ISBN: 9781942401520
eISBN Pdf: 9781942401537
Lloc de publicació: York , United Kingdom
Any de publicació digital: 2019
Mes: Febrer
Pàgines: 303
DDC: 949.6/02
Idioma: Anglés

Descripció

This book presents a reconstruction of the socio-economic, ethnic, cultural, and political history of the Carpathian-Danubian area in the eighth and ninth centuries at a period when nomadic peoples from the east including the Bulgars, Avars, and Khazars migrated here. The work is based on a comprehensive analysis of narrative and archaeological sources including sites, artefacts, and goods in the basin bordered by the Tisza river in the west, the Danube in the south, and the Dniestr river in the east, covering swathes of modern-day Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Serbia, and Hungary.

Cover
Half-title
Series page
Title page
Copyright information
Table of contents
List of Illustrations
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. Sources
- Written Sources
  - The Byzantine Writings
  - Bulgarian Sources (Epigraphic)
  - Russian Sources
  - Hungarian Sources
  - Western Sources
  - Oriental Sources
- Archaeological Sources
  - Settlements
  - Hillforts
  - Burial Findings
  - Numismatic Findings
Chapter 2. Habitation
- Archaeological Sites
  - Settlements
    - Settlement Surface
    - Settlement Structure
  - Hillforts
    - Geographical Position
    - Sites’ Topography
    - The Hillforts’ Surface
    - Defense System
    - Functionality of Hillforts
    - Chronology of Hillforts
  - Mixed Settlements
  - Caves
- Dwellings and Household Annexes
  - Dwellings
    - Planimetry
    - Construction Techniques
    - Roof Arrangement
    - Interior Arrangement
  - Houses
  - Fire Installations
    - Simple Ovens
    - Ovens
  - Household Annexes
    - Outbuildings
    - Household Pits
Chapter 3. Economy
- Agriculture
  - Soil Cultivation
    - Agricultural Utensils
    - Paleobotanical Research
  - Agricultural Installations and Constructions
    - Facilities for food storage
    - Installations for drying agricultural products
    - Installations for processing cereals
  - Livestock Breeding
    - Domestic Animals
    - Poultry
- Handicrafts and Economic Exchange
  - Metalwork
    - Metalworking Workshops
  - Metal Processing Technology
  - Tool Making
  - Non-ferrous Metal Working
  - Clay Processing
  - Pottery
  - Pottery Workshops
  - Pottery Kilns
  - Types of Ceramics
    - Handmade Pottery
    - Pottery Made On a Slow Wheel
    - Pottery Made On a Fast Wheel
      - Raw Material
      - Workshops
      - Typology of Bone Pieces
      - Tools
      - Toiletries and Clothing Pieces
      - Pieces for Games and Entertainment
      - Types of Tools for Bonework
  - Potter’s Signs
  - Bonework and Hornwork
    - Leather and Fur Processing
    - Woodworking
    - Stonework
    - Weaving and Tailoring
  - Economic Exchange
    - Extraction and Marketing of Salt
    - The Coins with No Trade vs. The Trade with No Coins
    - The Byzantine Coins
    - Imported Goods
- Arab Coins
- West European Coins
- Objects of Adornment
- Clothing Accessories
  - Auxiliary Occupations
    - Hunting
    - Fishing
Chapter 4. Spiritual Life
- Religious Beliefs
- Funerary Rites and Rituals
  - Incineration Cemeteries
  - Biritual Cemeteries
  - Inhumation Cemeteries
  - Cenotaphs / Symbolic Funerals
Chapter 5. Society
- Archaeological Cultures
  - Hlincea Culture
  - Luka Rajkoveckaja Culture
  - Balkan-Danubian Culture
  - Bucov Culture
- The Ethnic Attributions of Discoveries
  - The Romanics
  - The Slavs
  - The Avars
  - The Bulgarians
- Social and Political-Military Organization
- Relations with Neighbours
Conclusions
Bibliography
- Primary Sources
- Annales Fuldenses
- Gesta Hungarorum
- Archaeological Records / Repertories
- Secondary Literature
Index