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Archive » The Volga River Region Archaeology Vol.2 (24) 2018

Starokuibyshevskoe VII Settlement: historical and archaeological studies

Valiev R.R., Abdullin Kh.M., Sitdikov A.G. (Kazan, Russian Federation)

UDC 902.2

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24852/pa2018.2.24.100.110

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The publication considers the results of historical-and-archaeological and cartographic studies of Starokuibyshevskoe VII settlement – a cultural heritage site discovered in 2015. An analysis of the cartographic sources related to the town of Spassk allowed to identify an ancient earth fortification in its Eastern area. A section of its Eastern part in the form of a moat was traced during the excavation of 2016. The moat was constructed in the 10^thth century. The moat was filled with the use of rampart earthwork which partially consisted of the layers of an earlier settlement generally dated the 1^st Millennium. This area was repeatedly populated in the late pre-Mongol period (12^th – first third of the 13^th centuries) to accommodate household and economic facilities. The moat studied by the authors is not related to the defensive structures of Starokuibyshevskoe settlement located on the opposite bank of the Bezdna river 470 meters the East of the setllement. Study results facilitate preliminary identification of the moat and rampart remains as earth fortifications plotted on the maps of the late 18^th century.

Keywords

archaeologyexcavationCultural Heritage SiteStarokuibyshevskoe VII settlementmoatdefensive structuresplan of the town of Spassk

About the author(s)

Valiev Renat R. Candidate of Historical Sciences, Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan. Butlerov Str., 30, Kazan, 420012, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; vrr80@yandex.ru

Abdullin Khalim M. Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Butlerov St., 30, Kazan, 420012, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; Xalimabd@mail.ru

Sitdikov Airat G. TAS Corresponding Member. Doctor of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Butlerov Str., 30, Kazan, 420012, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; Head of department, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University. Kremlyovskaya St., 18, Kazan, 420000, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; sitdikov_a@mail.ru