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- Ceramics (Archaeology), Pontic red slip ware, Phocean red slip ware, Roman ceramics, Byzantine Pottery, Ceramics (Ceramics), and 39 moreByzantine Archaeology, Roman Pottery, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Late Roman Pottery, Archaeology of Mediterranean Trade, Late Roman Amphorae, Amphorae (Archaeology), Terra Sigillata, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Pottery (Archaeology), Roman stamped pottery, Red slip ware, African red slip ware, Archaeometry, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis (Archaeology), Roman Pottery Kilns, History, Roman Lamps, Late Roman Empire, Ceramica Romana, Medieval Pottery, Terra Sigillata A, B and C, Roman North Africa (Archaeology), Late Antiquity, Byzantine Studies, Roman Archaeology, Bosporan Kingdom, Cimmerian Bosporus, Ceramic Technology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Medieval trade, Late Antique Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, Late Roman and early Byzantine fortifications, Organic Residue Analysis, Organic Residues Analysis of Pottery, and Wine and Olive Oil Productionedit
Найденная на акрополе Пантикапея краснолаковая керамика позднеримского и ранневизантийского времени поступала в город на протяжении IV – первой половины VI в. преимущественно из северо-восточной и западной части Малой Азии (группы... more
Найденная на акрополе Пантикапея краснолаковая керамика позднеримского и ранневизантийского времени поступала в город на протяжении IV – первой половины VI в. преимущественно из северо-восточной и западной части Малой Азии (группы Понтийской краснолаковой керамики – PRS и Фокейской краснолаковой или Поздней Римской С – LRC/PhRS), а также в незначительном количестве из Северной Африки (группа Африканской краснолаковой керамики – ARS). Преобладают находки доюстиниановского периода (V – первой четверти VI в.), при этом наиболее поздними на участке исследований являются фокейские сосуды LRC/PhRS 3F и 3G второй четверти VI в.
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Red slip pottery or terra sigillata is the most important group of high-quality tableware of the first centuries AD and a source for studying the dynamics of trade relations between the Bosporan Kingdom and the local ceramic production of... more
Red slip pottery or terra sigillata is the most important group of high-quality tableware of the first centuries AD and a source for studying the dynamics of trade relations between the Bosporan Kingdom and the local ceramic production of Roman times. One of the most important tasks in the study of Roman ceramics are issues related to archaeometry. The work presents the results of a study of the two most common groups of red glazed ceramics in Bosporus of the 1st century BC-2nd century AD, i.e., Bosporan and Pontic sigillatas. All fragments come from excavations at the acropolis of Panticapaeum by the expedition of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts under the leadership of V.P. Tolstikov in 1995-2006 (Central-Northern excavation). According to the results of the research, characteristic parameters that distinguish these groups from each other are identified: quantitative characteristics of porosity and inclusions, and the content of trace impurities.
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Краснолаковая керамика (terra sigillata) – важнейшая группа высококачественной столовой посуды первых веков н.э. как источник по изучению динамики торговых связей Боспорского царства и местного керамического производства римского времени.... more
Краснолаковая керамика (terra sigillata) – важнейшая группа высококачественной столовой посуды
первых веков н.э. как источник по изучению динамики торговых связей Боспорского царства и
местного керамического производства римского времени. Одной из наиболее значимых задач в изучении римской керамики является уточнение локализации происхождения различных образцов и
технологических особенностей различных производственных центров. Представлены результаты
исследования двух наиболее распространенных на Боспоре групп краснолаковой керамики I в. до
н.э.–II в. н.э. – боспорской и понтийской сигиллаты. Все фрагменты происходят из раскопок на акрополе Пантикапея экспедицией ГМИИ им. А.С. Пушкина под руководством В.П. Толстикова в
1995–2006 гг. (раскоп Центральный-Северный). По результатам исследований методами рентгеновской томографии, электронной микроскопии, масс-спектрометрии и атомно-эмиссионной
спектроскопии с индуктивно-связанной плазмой, выявлены характерные параметры, различающие эти группы между собой – количественные характеристики пористости и включений, содержание основных элементов и микропримесей.
первых веков н.э. как источник по изучению динамики торговых связей Боспорского царства и
местного керамического производства римского времени. Одной из наиболее значимых задач в изучении римской керамики является уточнение локализации происхождения различных образцов и
технологических особенностей различных производственных центров. Представлены результаты
исследования двух наиболее распространенных на Боспоре групп краснолаковой керамики I в. до
н.э.–II в. н.э. – боспорской и понтийской сигиллаты. Все фрагменты происходят из раскопок на акрополе Пантикапея экспедицией ГМИИ им. А.С. Пушкина под руководством В.П. Толстикова в
1995–2006 гг. (раскоп Центральный-Северный). По результатам исследований методами рентгеновской томографии, электронной микроскопии, масс-спектрометрии и атомно-эмиссионной
спектроскопии с индуктивно-связанной плазмой, выявлены характерные параметры, различающие эти группы между собой – количественные характеристики пористости и включений, содержание основных элементов и микропримесей.
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The archaeological excavations in Bosporos Lane in the town of Kerch conducted in 2007–2009 revealed fragments of African amphorae that were continuously supplied to the town of Bosporus from the first half of the 5th century to the first... more
The archaeological excavations in Bosporos Lane in the town of Kerch conducted in 2007–2009 revealed fragments of African amphorae that were continuously supplied to the town of Bosporus from the first half of the 5th century to the first half of the 6th century. The imported amphorae came from two main centers (almost 40 %), i. e. the workshops in the south of the Byzacena province (Majoura and Iunca) (Keay 8B) and the Sidi Zahruni workshop near the town of Nabeul in the Zeugitana province (spatheion 1, Keay 55А, Keay 57В and some others).
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Recent underwater excavations as part of the Crimean Bridge project (2015–2017) have revealed a new ceramic cluster moved towards Cape Ak-Burun, apparently as a result of the dredging of Panticapaeum harbor in the 1970s. The most numerous... more
Recent underwater excavations as part of the Crimean Bridge project (2015–2017) have revealed a new ceramic cluster moved towards Cape Ak-Burun, apparently as a result of the dredging of Panticapaeum harbor in the 1970s. The most numerous finds date back to the Classical and Hellenistic periods, while only 203 fragments of the Late Roman amphorae were discovered. Imported finds predominated, mainly from the 6th century, especially Pontic amphorae Antonov 5, LR1 and Sinopian C Snp I/Zeest 100. Other types of the Late Roman amphorae are represented by only isolated finds. It is important to note that 55.2% of the Late Roman amphorae had traces of resin on the inside.
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Recent excavations in Bosporus (the modern city of Kerch) and neighborhood have revealed new archaeological complexes of the Early Byzantine period. They have led to the discovery of new amphora types and to more detailed information... more
Recent excavations in Bosporus (the modern city of Kerch) and neighborhood have revealed new archaeological complexes
of the Early Byzantine period. They have led to the discovery of new amphora types and to more detailed information about the
ratio of the local to imported amphorae in the different chronological periods. Local amphorae predominated in the Bosporan layers
of the 5th century, while Sinopean imports (C Snp I-III Demirci amphorae) also reached a considerable quantity, with only isolated
finds of Cretan amphorae, on which this paper focuses. A substantial increase of Cretan imports into Bosporus occurred during the
second quarter of the 6th century. Towards the middle of that century they reached approximately 30% of all amphorae finds in
the filling of some pits and fish processing vats and sometimes make up almost half the amphorae in a Bosporan destruction layer
after the middle of the 6th century. Cretan imports probably predominated at least up to the end of the 6th century or rather later.
TRC 4 amphorae, often with dipinto on the shoulder, were the most popular and widespread Cretan type in the Bosporan region.
Some TRC 2, TRC 6, TRC 9 and some other relatively rare types were also discovered.
of the Early Byzantine period. They have led to the discovery of new amphora types and to more detailed information about the
ratio of the local to imported amphorae in the different chronological periods. Local amphorae predominated in the Bosporan layers
of the 5th century, while Sinopean imports (C Snp I-III Demirci amphorae) also reached a considerable quantity, with only isolated
finds of Cretan amphorae, on which this paper focuses. A substantial increase of Cretan imports into Bosporus occurred during the
second quarter of the 6th century. Towards the middle of that century they reached approximately 30% of all amphorae finds in
the filling of some pits and fish processing vats and sometimes make up almost half the amphorae in a Bosporan destruction layer
after the middle of the 6th century. Cretan imports probably predominated at least up to the end of the 6th century or rather later.
TRC 4 amphorae, often with dipinto on the shoulder, were the most popular and widespread Cretan type in the Bosporan region.
Some TRC 2, TRC 6, TRC 9 and some other relatively rare types were also discovered.
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Late Roman red slip ware from the excavations carried out in 2002–2009 in Sector XXVI in the central part of Tyritake.
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Late Roman red slip ware from the excavations carried out in 2002–2009 in Sector XXVI in the central part of Tyritake.
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Late Roman and Early Byzantine amphorae from the excavations carried out in 2002–2009 in Sector XXVI in the central part of Tyritake.
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The paper is a preliminary report on a fragmented terracotta head featuring a bearded man discovered in the course of underwater excavations near the Ak-Burun Cape in 2017. The paper provides details of the technology used to make this... more
The paper is a preliminary report on a fragmented terracotta head featuring a bearded man discovered in the course of underwater excavations near the Ak-Burun Cape in 2017. The paper provides details of the technology used to make this head, attempts to find analogies and clarify its possible functional use.
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Abstract: Recent excavations in Bosporus and Tyritake (the modern city of Kerch) have revealed new archaeological complexes of the Early Byzantine period. Local Bosporan amphorae predominated in the layers of the second half of the 4th... more
Abstract: Recent excavations in Bosporus and Tyritake (the modern city of Kerch) have revealed new archaeological complexes of the Early Byzantine period. Local Bosporan amphorae predominated in the layers of the second half of the 4th and 5th centuries, while Sinopean and Heraclean imports also reached a considerable quantity, with only isolated finds of Cretan amphorae, on which this paper focuses. A substantial increase of Cretan imports into Bosporus occurred during the second quarter of the 6th century. Towards the middle of the 6th century they reached approximately 30% of all amphorae finds in the filling of some Bosporan pits and fish cisterns and sometimes make up almost half the amphorae in some destruction layers after the middle of the 6th century. Probably Cretan imports predominated at least before the end of the 6th century or rather later. TRC 4 amphorae often with dipinto on the shoulders were the most popular and widespread Cretan type in the Bosporan region where some few TRC 2, TRC 5, TRC 6, TRC 9 and some other relatively rare types were also discovered.
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Домжальский К., Смокотина А.В. Краснолаковая керамика Тиритаки позднеримского и ранневизантийского времени // XX Боспорские чтения: Боспор Киммерийский и варварский мир в период античности и средневековья. Основные итоги и перспективы... more
Домжальский К., Смокотина А.В. Краснолаковая керамика Тиритаки позднеримского и ранневизантийского времени // XX Боспорские чтения: Боспор Киммерийский и варварский мир в период античности и средневековья. Основные итоги и перспективы исследований Материалы международной научной конференции. Симферополь-Керчь, 2019. С. 155-159.
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The amphorae and red slip ware are an important source for studying social and ethnic structure of the society and the socio-economic history of Bosporus in general. From the late 4th and until the beginning of the 6th century, the Black... more
The amphorae and red slip ware are an important source for studying social and ethnic structure of the society and the socio-economic history of Bosporus in general. From the late 4th and until the beginning of the 6th century, the Black Sea regional trade played an important role, and Bosporus had closest relations with the South Pontic centers. The Local Bosporan amphorae prevailed in the complexes of the late 4th — the early 6th centuries in Bosporus and Tyritake, while Sinopean and Heraclean imports were also well represented. The import of goods in amphorae from the Eastern Mediterranean centers increased sharply after the transition of Bosporus under control of the Byzantine Empire at the beginning of the second quarter of the 6th century. During this period, the LRC/PhRS vessels in Bosporan complex reached approximately 70 %, on average, of all the red slip ware. By the late 6th century, the Phocean import had dramatically declined. Bosporan complexes of the first half of the 7th century have not been found yet. Nevertheless, the imported finds of this period (forms ARS 105B/C and 109A, LRC/PhRS 10C) suggest some further continuation of traditional trade and economic relations of the city and delivery of goods from the Mediterranean centers.
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Smokotina A.V. Late Roman amphorae from Tyritake // Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores Acta. 2016. 44. P. 715-724.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), Byzantine Archaeology, Roman Pottery, and 9 moreCeramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Byzantine Pottery, Ceramics, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Cimmerian Bosporus, and Late Roman Amphorae
Smokotina A.V. The import of LR 1 amphorae into Bosporus // PER TERRAM, PER MARE: seaborne trade and the distribution of Roman amphorae in the Mediterranean / Demesticha S. (ed.). Uppsala: Åströms förlag, 2015. P. 121-135.
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Research Interests: Pottery (Archaeology), Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), Black Sea Region Archaeology, and 7 moreLate Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Bosporan Kingdom, Cimmerian Bosporus, Red slip ware, African red slip ware, Phocean red slip ware, and Pontic red slip ware
Initial report on the 2010-2012 Archaeological and environmental research program of the Sinop Regional Archaeological Project. Highlights include (1) the archaeological survey of the Kirkgecit cayi drainage, the primary route from the... more
Initial report on the 2010-2012 Archaeological and environmental research program of the Sinop Regional Archaeological Project. Highlights include (1) the archaeological survey of the Kirkgecit cayi drainage, the primary route from the coast of the Black Sea to the Anatolian interior on the Sinop promontory, survey of the Boztepe headland immediately above the urban center of Sinope, (3) the environmental study and archaeological survey of the Sarikum lake, results of luminescence analyses of precolonial handmade wares, and a GPR survey in the Sinop kale.
Research Interests: Classical Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Anatolian Archaeology, Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor, Black Sea region, and 7 moreAnatolian Archaeology (Archaeology), Archaeological survey, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Anatolia, Iron Age Anatolia, Black Sea Region Archaeology, Black Sea ancient history and archaeology, and Roman Archaeology
Смокотина А.В. Краснолаковая керамика города Боспора в конце IV – первой половине VII вв.: Автореф. дис. … канд. ист. наук: 07.00.06. Москва, 2014.
Research Interests: Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Pottery (Archaeology), Ceramics (Archaeology), Late Roman Pottery, Maritime Trade Ceramics (Archaeology), and 7 moreBlack Sea Region Archaeology, Late Roman and Early Byzantine Pottery, Cimmerian Bosporus, Red slip ware, African red slip ware, Phocean red slip ware, and Pontic red slip ware
Смокотина А.В. Амфоры LR 1 на Боспоре // МАИЭТ. Симферополь-Керчь, 2014. Вып. XIX. С. 68-87.
Smokotina A.V. LR1 amphorae in Bosporus // Materials in Archaeology, History and Ethnography of Tauria. 2014. XIX. P. 68-87.
Smokotina A.V. LR1 amphorae in Bosporus // Materials in Archaeology, History and Ethnography of Tauria. 2014. XIX. P. 68-87.
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Excavations of the cemetery of Neyzats (Crimea).
Cultural layer with materials of the 4th c. AD.
Cultural layer with materials of the 4th c. AD.
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The article is devoted to study of stamps on early-Byzantine red slip wares V-VI c. from the excavations of 2007-2008 of Bosporus lane in the city of Kerch (Crimea).
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Герцен А.Г., Землякова А.Ю., Науменко В.Е., Смокотина А.В. Cтратиграфические исследования на юго-восточном склоне мыса Тешкли-бурун (Мангуп) // МАИЭТ. Симферополь, 2006. Вып. XII. С. 371-494. Gertzen A.G., Zemlyakova A.Yu., Naumenko... more
Герцен А.Г., Землякова А.Ю., Науменко В.Е., Смокотина А.В. Cтратиграфические исследования на юго-восточном склоне мыса Тешкли-бурун (Мангуп) // МАИЭТ. Симферополь, 2006. Вып. XII. С. 371-494.
Gertzen A.G., Zemlyakova A.Yu., Naumenko V.Ye., Smokotina A.V. Stratigraphic Research on the South-Eastern Slope of Teshkli-burun Cape (Mangup) // Materials in Archaeology, History and Ethnography of Tauria. 2006. XII. P. 371-494.
The results of stratigraphic research on the south-eastern slope of Teshkly-Burun cape containing important information on the main periods of functioning of the settlement in this part of Mangup plateau are published in this article. Cultural horizons fixed within the excavation area are interpreted as a single discharge of accumulated debris strata from the surface of the cape to its slopes as a result of building activities on the acropolis of Mangup site. Stratigraphic observations and the analysis of the obtained archaeological material enabled us to distinguish three periods of such activity - cca at the end of the 9th - the beginning of the 10th centuries, the 20s of the 15th century and at the end of the 16th - the beginning of the 17th centuries. Various and significant finds from the layers of "discharge of debris" reflect the main components of the material complex of the citadel and the site dating back to the second half of the 4th - 7th centuries, the 10th - the first half of the 11th centuries and the 14th - 15th centuries on the whole. Taking into account the peculiarities of the formation of the cultural layer on the territory of the citadel associated , as a rule, with building horizons dating to the period of Theodore principality and Turkish period, it is obvious that the results of these excavations are of exceptional importance for characterizing the earlier periods in its history, since the moment of the emergence of a permanent unfortified settlement in this part of the plateau in the mid-6th century till the catastrophe of the mid-11th century, the origin of which is still unclear.
Gertzen A.G., Zemlyakova A.Yu., Naumenko V.Ye., Smokotina A.V. Stratigraphic Research on the South-Eastern Slope of Teshkli-burun Cape (Mangup) // Materials in Archaeology, History and Ethnography of Tauria. 2006. XII. P. 371-494.
The results of stratigraphic research on the south-eastern slope of Teshkly-Burun cape containing important information on the main periods of functioning of the settlement in this part of Mangup plateau are published in this article. Cultural horizons fixed within the excavation area are interpreted as a single discharge of accumulated debris strata from the surface of the cape to its slopes as a result of building activities on the acropolis of Mangup site. Stratigraphic observations and the analysis of the obtained archaeological material enabled us to distinguish three periods of such activity - cca at the end of the 9th - the beginning of the 10th centuries, the 20s of the 15th century and at the end of the 16th - the beginning of the 17th centuries. Various and significant finds from the layers of "discharge of debris" reflect the main components of the material complex of the citadel and the site dating back to the second half of the 4th - 7th centuries, the 10th - the first half of the 11th centuries and the 14th - 15th centuries on the whole. Taking into account the peculiarities of the formation of the cultural layer on the territory of the citadel associated , as a rule, with building horizons dating to the period of Theodore principality and Turkish period, it is obvious that the results of these excavations are of exceptional importance for characterizing the earlier periods in its history, since the moment of the emergence of a permanent unfortified settlement in this part of the plateau in the mid-6th century till the catastrophe of the mid-11th century, the origin of which is still unclear.
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The monograph publishes materials from excavations conducted under the leadership of A. I. Aibabin in 2007-2009 in Kerch in Bosphorus Lane, at the foot of the south-eastern slope of Mount Mithridates. A section of the city slab necropolis... more
The monograph publishes materials from excavations conducted under the leadership of A. I. Aibabin in 2007-2009 in Kerch in Bosphorus Lane, at the foot of the south-eastern slope of Mount Mithridates. A section of the city slab necropolis with 99 graves from the end of the 6th - first half of the 8th century was investigated. with an area of about 600 sq. m. The book describes the city of Bosporus under the rule of the Eastern Roman Empire in the 6th–7th centuries, characterizes the features of funeral structures, burial rites, grave goods, anthropological material, and also reconstructs the costume of the urban population.