The region of the Upper Msta River in the early Middle Ages / Inna Islanova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Islanova, Inna, author.

Series:

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; Volume 70.

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; Volume 70

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burial--Russia (Federation)--Msta River Region.

Burial.

Mounds--Russia (Federation)--Msta River Region.

Mounds.

Archaeology, Medieval--Russia (Federation)--Msta River Region.

Archaeology, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

This is a book about the archaeological sites of the 5th to 8th century of the Volga-Baltic watershed in the forest zone of Eastern Europe. The region has long been known for burial assemblages of the so-called culture of the Pskov long barrows, but the book brings to light a different group of sites. The population living on those sites co-existed with those who buried their dead under the Pskov long barrows, but within a different landscape. This polarity suggests that the local population was behind the culture of Pskov long barrows, while the new category of site point to immigrants from the southwest. The book suggests that the "new" archaeological sites were inhabited by a Slavic-speaking population from the periphery of the Kiev and Kolochin cultures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-44110-7

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004441101 DOI