The Mordovian female grave of XIIIth century at the Staroselsky cemetery

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1. The Mordovian female grave of XIIIth century at the Staroselsky cemetery
2. The Staroselsky cemetery is located within the
3. The Staroselsky cemetery is located at the cape of the Ozerka, tributary of the Kudma.
4. The total area was about 5 hectare.
5. The general viewof the cemetery Scientific studies
6. The burial does not have any external
7. This Mordovian female grave was found as
8. Because of poor integrity, this cranium was
9. The features (body position, ritual implements and
10. In the described grave there was fabric
11. Analogies in form of such concentration of
12. Interpretation of band can be proved by
13. This is the image of cranium and
14. 1 - It’s important to point out
15. Quadrifolium silver finger-ring with blackened engraving, decorated by floral-geometric ornament.
16. On the back of this finger-ring there
17. On the back of the second silver finger-ring with solar ornament there is a Tamga engraving.
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19. The word «tamga» is polysemantic. On the
20. The tamga was widespread in 13th-15th. It
21. Besides the named artifacts in the grave,
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The Staroselsky cemetery is located within the borders of modern Dalnekonstantinovsky municipality in Nizhny Novgorod region, In medieval times, this territory had a dense population of the Mordva-Terhykuan tribe.

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Слайд 1The Mordovian female grave of XIIIth century at the Staroselsky

cemetery

Слайд 2The Staroselsky cemetery is located within the borders of modern

Dalnekonstantinovsky municipality in Nizhny Novgorod region, In medieval times, this

territory had a dense population of the Mordva-Terhykuan tribe.

The Staroselsky cemetery is located within the borders of modern Dalnekonstantinovsky municipality in Nizhny Novgorod region, In

Слайд 3The Staroselsky cemetery is located at the cape of the

Ozerka, tributary of the Kudma.

Слайд 4The total area was about 5 hectare. It was a

cemetery for rural communities of
Staroselye and Symbiley since 13th

until 19th century.
A distinctive featurе of this cemetery is that the pagan rituals of the Mordva-Terhykuanes was held here.

The total area was about 5 hectare. It was a cemetery for rural communities of Staroselye and

Слайд 5The general view
of the cemetery
Scientific studies of this archeological

site started in 2016 by an expedition of the Dalnekonstantinovsky

museum of E.V. Chetvertakov.

The general viewof the cemetery Scientific studies of this archeological site started in 2016 by an expedition

Слайд 6The burial does not have any external characteristics of the

embankment or pits. It was exhumed 90 cm below daylight

surface. The burial was made ritually by inhumation. Poor preservation quality did not let us to reconstruct the height of this woman.

The burial does not have any external characteristics of the embankment or pits. It was exhumed 90

Слайд 7This Mordovian female grave was found as a result of

archaeological research at the Staroselsky cemetery in 2017.
It was dated

13th century
by the presence of objects there.

This Mordovian female grave was found as a result of archaeological research at the Staroselsky cemetery in

Слайд 8Because of poor integrity, this cranium was assumed to be

a monolith, fixed and cleared. The preliminary exam of teeth

indicates that she was for about 50 years old.

Because of poor integrity, this cranium was assumed to be a monolith, fixed and cleared. The preliminary

Слайд 9The features (body position, ritual implements and the orientation of

the head to the north- west) of the burial shown

us that it was a woman. The buried woman lies on the right side in a crooked position with bent knees and hands tied to the face so that her wrists were at the level of the orbits.

The features (body position, ritual implements and the orientation of the head to the north- west) of

Слайд 10In the described grave there was fabric used as a

band with successive bronze and silver fibulas.
Color of fiber fabrics

is light brown, the thickness of the threads are 0,5 – 0,6 mm, fibers are smooth, twist of thread - type ZZ.

In the described grave there was fabric used as a band with successive bronze and silver fibulas.Color

Слайд 11Analogies in form of such concentration of fibulas can be

found in other Mordovian cemeteries, for example, Korinsky cemetery –

Schatkovsky district, Nizhegorodskiy region.

Analogies in form of such concentration of fibulas can be found in other Mordovian cemeteries, for example,

Слайд 12Interpretation of band can be proved by the presence of

this element in this 19th century Teryukhan’ female dress, in

which instead of fibulas there were coins.

One of the fabric fragments with bronze and silver fibulas.

Interpretation of band can be proved by the presence of this element in this 19th century Teryukhan’

Слайд 13

This is the image of cranium and jewellry, which were

found near the head of the buried.

1- remains of

bast bedding
2- silver nutlike pendats of necklace
3- silver pendats of necklace
4- bronze finger-ring

This is the image of cranium and jewellry, which were found near the head of the buried.

Слайд 141 - It’s important to point out nutlike silver pendants

among detected artifacts, decorated with granulation, filigree. Analogies of such

pendants could be found in Volga Bulgar in 12th-13th centuries. 2 – bronze pendant in the shape eight is with remains of the threads, on which it was attached.

1 - It’s important to point out nutlike silver pendants among detected artifacts, decorated with granulation, filigree.

Слайд 15Quadrifolium silver finger-ring with blackened engraving, decorated by floral-geometric ornament.

Слайд 16On the back of this finger-ring there are remains of

a scratched inscription, which is unreadable and hence not understood.

On the back of this finger-ring there are remains of a scratched inscription, which is unreadable and

Слайд 17On the back of the second silver finger-ring with solar

ornament there is a Tamga engraving.

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Слайд 19The word «tamga» is polysemantic. On the one hand, it

means tax to the owner of tamga. On the other

hand, tamga is a mark of ownership.

The word «tamga» is polysemantic. On the one hand, it means tax to the owner of tamga.

Слайд 20The tamga was widespread in 13th-15th. It could be used

for collecting taxes from the local population.

But on the coins

of Bulgar it is also found in combination « the main tamga». The time of coinage of these coins is the first years of Mengu- Timur`s rule- Khan ulus Juchi (Golden Hord)1266-1282. During his reign, the collection of tribute went to the local sovereigns including Mordovian.

It is interesting that a gold pendant with a tamga image was found in a female grave 58 in the Saratov region of a Mordovian cemetery dated 13th-14th century on the southern edge of Atkarsk.