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Archive » The Volga River Region Archaeology Vol.2 (4) 2013

Archaeological research of the «Bolnichny bugor» of the Selitrennoe settlement in 2006–2009

Valiev R.R., Pigarev E.M., Mukhamadiev A.G., Sitdikov A.G.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24852/pa2013.2.4.212.251

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The results of the 2006–2009 archaeological research of the Bolnichnyi Bugor (Hospital Hill), a component part of the Selitrennoye (Sarai-al-Maqrus) fortified settlement site, are presented in the article. The objects identified are grouped according to the five construction periods, of which the first three belong to the Golden Horde time (the 14^th to first half of the 15^th century), the fourth – to the 18^th – early 19^th centuries, and the fifth refers to the 19^th and 20^th centuries. The site development stages are analyzed; the description of structures and material culture objects is provided. The first construction period corresponds to the emergence of the Golden Horde city and its heyday in the 14^th century. In the layers of the time, in addition to residential and commercial structures, workshops for the production of tableware, glazed tiles and bricks have been discovered. The city decline, which had started in the late 14^th century and activity cessation in the territory under study by the mid-15^th century probably, resulted from internecine strife aggravation within the Horde.

Keywords

archaeologythe Lower Volga river regionthe Golden HordeSarai-al-Maqrusthe Selitrennoye fortified settlement siteperiodizationresidential structuresworkshops

About the author(s)

Valiev Renat R. Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of History named after Sh. Marjani of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Kremlin, 5 entrance, Kazan, 420014, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; VRR80@yandex.ru

Pigarev Evgeniy M. Candidate of Historical Sciences. Municipal State Cultural Institution “Sarai-Batu Historical and Cultural Center”. Sovetskaya St., 53, Selitrennoe, Harabali district, Astrakhan oblast, 416022, Russian Federation; pigarev1967@mail.ru

Mukhamadiev Azgar G. Corresponding Member of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences. Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University. Kremlyovskaya St., 18, Kazan, 420000, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; am-m@yandex.ru; gatason@yandex.ru

Sitdikov Ayrat G. Doctor of Historical Sciences. Institute of History named after Sh. Marjani of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Kremlin, 5 entrance, Kazan, 420014, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; Kazan (Volga region) Federal University. Kremlyovskaya St., 18, Kazan, 420008, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; sitdikov_a@mail.ru