Arms and horse harness from Bagaevka settlement

Abstract

© 2019 High Anthropological School University. All rights reserved. The authors address items of arms and horse harness from Bagaevka rural settlement of the second half of 13th —14th century, situated in periphery of the Golden Horde city Ukek in Saratov area of Saratov region and studied by expedition of Kazan University under supervision of L.F. Nedashkovsky in 1995, 2002—2003, 2006—2012 and 2014—2016. Numismatic finds from the site, which covered a large area of over 5.1 ha, are dated to the beginning of 1280s — beginning of 1360s. The weapons are represented by mace-head, axes, arrowheads and quiver hinge. Horse harness includes a debacle thorn, cinch buckles and harness rings. Morphological features of wares are examined in the article typologically with broad references to comparative materials from synchronous sites. A topographic analysis of finds is offered. The complex characterizes material culture of the Golden Horde village of the Low Volga region, which, judging by the published materials, differed from material culture of the nearby Ukek city.