Archive » The Volga River Region Archaeology Vol.4 (14) 2015
The most widespread glazed imports of Crimean production and some issues relating to East European trade in the 14th century
Bocharov S.G., Maslovskiy A.N.
page 189–200UDC 666. 3/. 7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24852/pa2015.4.14.189.200
The authors examine morphological and technological features and distribution of the four most massive types of glazed closed vessels produced in towns of south-eastern Crimea (Solkhat, Kaffa, Sudak). Starting from the late 13
th – early 14
th centuries, the Crimean producers of glazed ceramics had reached a far better development compared to other ceramic centers of the Golden Horde. For almost 50–70 years the Crimean glazed ceramics had dominated the whole territory of Eastern Europe. The most common finds are pharmaceutical amphorae, albarello and two types of jars – the stamped jars and the wine jars with a narrow long body. The authors illustrated informational capacities of the analysis of massive finds, which is a good tool to obtain some new historical information, particularly, to study European trade in the best years of the Golden Horde towns. They showed how studying archaeological stuff can substantially complement the written accounts about the trade crisis after the events in Azak (Tana) in September 1343.
Keywords
the Golden Hordeglazed ceramicstradeTanaKaffa
About the author(s)
Sergei G. Bocharov,Candidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher, Institute of Crimean Archaeology, Public Scientific Institution, the Republic of Crimea (Simferopol, Russian Federation)
Address: Yaltinskaya St., 2, Simferopol, 297800, Crimea
Andrey N. Maslovskiy,Candidate of historical sciences, Director of the Archaeology Department, Azov History, Archaeology and Palaeontology Museum-Reserve (Azov, Russia); maslovskiazak@mail.ru
Address: Moscovskaya str., 38/40, Azov, 346780, Russia