CORDON IS A NEW ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE OF THE VIKING AGE IN THE TERRITORY OF EASTERN EUROPE

The archeological complex Cordon situated in the Vitebsk Dvina area was investigated for the first time. The complex includes a hill-fort, two settlements, and a burial mound dated back to the middle of IX – first half of X century. A broad spectrum of artifacts of North European and Middle Eastern...

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Main Authors: О. LEVKO N., О. ЛЕВКО Н.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: The Republican Unitary Enterprise Publishing House "Belaruskaya Navuka" 2016
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Online Access:https://doklady.belnauka.by/jour/article/view/364
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Summary:The archeological complex Cordon situated in the Vitebsk Dvina area was investigated for the first time. The complex includes a hill-fort, two settlements, and a burial mound dated back to the middle of IX – first half of X century. A broad spectrum of artifacts of North European and Middle Eastern origin, Arabian and Byzantine coins, metrological materials, and the existence of jewelry production and trade activities put Cordon in line with the important archaeological sites of the Viking Age. The discovery of Cordon proved the leading role of the Vitebsk Dvina area in the establishment of contacts between the North and the South on the way ‘from the Vikings to the Greeks’. В Витебском Подвинье впервые исследован археологический комплекс Кордон (городище, два селища и курган) середины IX – первой половины X в. Широкий ассортимент североевропейских, булгарских и ближневосточных изделий, арабские и византийские монеты, метрологический материал, наличие ювелирного производства и активной торговой деятельности поселения ставят его в ряд значимых памятников археологии эпохи викингов. Открытие Кордона подтвердило ведущую роль Витебского Подвинья в формировании связи севера с югом на «пути из варяг в греки».