scholarly journals BLADED WEAPONS FROM GRAVE 16 DATING TO THE MIGRATION PERIOD AT THE DZHURGA-OBA CEMETERY IN THE EASTERN CRIMEA

2021 ◽  
pp. 235-252
Author(s):  
А. Л. Ермолин ◽  
М. М. Казанский
Keyword(s):  
Single Edge ◽  
Migration Period ◽  
The North ◽  
Eastern Crimea ◽  
Iron Guard ◽  
Military Tradition

Описывается погребение - кенотаф № 16 из могильника Джурга-Оба в Восточном Крыму. По найденным в нем вещам (элементы ременной гарнитуры) это погребение датируется второй половиной V - первой половиной VI в. Здесь было обнаружено оружие с прямым однолезвийным клинком, которое можно идентифицировать как скрамасакс. В его конструкции и декоре есть элементы как восточного происхождения (железная гарда), так и западного (накладки на ножны с декором в виде птичьих голов). Погребения со скрамасаксами немногочисленны в Северном Причерноморье и, возможно, отражают сасанидскую воинскую традицию. The paper publishes a cenotaph grave 16 from the Dzhurga-Oba cemetery in the Eastern Crimea. Based on the items retrieved from the grave (belt sets details), the grave is dated to the second half of the 5 - first half of the 6 centuries. Among the finds there is a straight single-edge knife that can be identified as scramasax. Its design and decoration reveal some elements of Oriental origin (iron guard) and Western origin (scabbard plates featuring bird heads as a decoration). The graves with scramasax are not numerous in the North Pontic region, possibly, they reflect a Sasanid military tradition.

ADZHIEL TRACT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LOCAL HISTORY OF THE CRIMEAN AZOV REGION: KEY RESULTS AND PROSPECTS OF RESEARCH

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (6/2) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Sergey V. YARTSEV ◽  
Viktor G. ZUBAREV ◽  
Sergey L. SMEKALOV
Keyword(s):  
Local History ◽  
The State ◽  
Source Analysis ◽  
Archaeological Material ◽  
The North ◽  
Kerch Peninsula ◽  
Azov Region ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Eastern Crimea ◽  
History Of

The object of the research is the peculiarities of the historical process on the Kerch Peninsula in the context of the local history of one of its regions. The authors conduct a detailed study of the most inhabited region of the Crimean Azov region – the Adzhiel tract, located in the western part of the peninsula to the territory adjacent to the Kazantip Bay. This gully, which goes in the north-western and south-eastern direction, fences off a significant part of the Kerch peninsula and represents one of the natural protective boundaries of the Eastern Crimea. The subject of research is to reconstruct the historical picture of the area, to define the main results and prospects for further research. Relying on a wide range of sources, primarily on the archaeological material of their own perennial excavations in the specified area, with the use of the source analysis method, the authors consider the known facts and events of the ancient history of the Kerch Peninsula in a new way. The methodological basis of the work is objectivity and historicism, which contributed to conducting of unbiased research. The novelty of the work lies in the fact that for the first time on a wide material, the stages of the historical development of one of the regions of the Kerch Peninsula were highlighted and the actual directions for further research in this area were identified. Due to the abundance of water and fertile soil, the Adzhiel tract was almost always inhabited by people. However, the most intense events occurred in the tract in the era of the Bosporus kingdom, when a system of defensive fortifications of the western borders of the state functioned here. Perhaps this system was more complicated than it previously seemed. This is indicated by the remains of another, previously unknown tower discovered by the authors in 2018. Thus, the authors conclude that the further prospects of research in the Adzhiel tract are connected both with the detailed reconstruction of the defence system of the Bosporus on the western frontiers of the state and also with the continuation of the study of Christian antiquities, including medieval time, and the religious life of the population of the Khazar Khaganate.

scholarly journals Iron Arrowheads from Objects of the Xianbei Time of the Karban-I Complex (Northern Altai)

2021 ◽  
pp. 83-87
Author(s):  
N.N. Seregin ◽  
M.A. Demin ◽  
S.S. Matrenin
Keyword(s):  
Great Migration ◽  
Left Bank ◽  
The South ◽  
Altai Republic ◽  
Migration Period ◽  
North West ◽  
The Great Migration ◽  
Military Tradition

The article presents the results of a study of iron arrowheads discovered during excavations of objects of the Xianbei time of the Karban-I funerary complex. This site is located on the left bank of the Katun river, 1.7 km north-west of the Kuyus village, in the Chemal region of the Altai Republic. During the excavation of the Great Migration period burials, a collection of 14 iron arrowheads was discovered at this necropolis. As a result of the classification of these items, one group, one category, one section, two departments, five types of products with several options are distinguished. The analysis of the available materials allows us to assert that the three-bladed tiered arrowheads of types 1a, 2a belong to the Xiongnu military tradition and date back to the 2nd — 5th centuries AD. A specimen with equalsized layers of type 3a can be an early «transitional» to the South Siberian tradition. Iron arrowheads with a geometric feather of asymmetric-rhombic (type 4a) and rhombic (type 5 a) forms without support existed during the Xianbei-Rouran period (2nd — 5th centuries AD).

When Legacies Meet Policies: NATO and the Refashioning of Polish Military Tradition

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel A. Epstein
Keyword(s):  
Armed Forces ◽  
Civilian Control ◽  
The North ◽  
International Pressure ◽  
Cultural Integrity ◽  
Societal Consensus ◽  
History Of ◽  
Practical Effect ◽  
Military Tradition ◽  
The Ideal

Polish military tradition has long revolved around the ideal of defending the country’s territorial, political, and cultural integrity. Given Poland’s history of partition, occupation, and foreign domination, however, the institutionalization of democratically accountable civilian control over the armed forces had never been an objective, let alone a reality. Thus, when the North Atlantic Treaty Organization committed to expanding its membership in the mid-1990s, there was a notable clash of Polish military legacies on one hand and NATO’s proposed policies on the other. In analyzing the interaction between domestic traditions and international pressure, the author argues that NATO greatly accelerated the consolidation of democratic civilian control in Poland. By removing key elements of Polish military tradition from both the rhetoric and practice of Polish public policy, the alliance had the practical effect of cultivating a civilian interest in far-reaching oversight while undermining the preexisting societal consensus in Poland that had long brooked high levels of military political authority.

scholarly journals The migration of the Vandals and the Suebi to the Roman West and archaeological accounts

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 197-214
Author(s):  
Michel Kazanski
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Great Migration ◽  
Migration Period ◽  
Central European ◽  
Funeral Rite ◽  
The North ◽  
The Great Migration ◽  
Przeworsk Culture ◽  
The Moment

This article addresses a few archaeological finds from the earliest stage of the Great Migration Period (late fourth to the first half of the fifth century AD) in the territory of the Western Roman Empire related to Central Europe by origin, which could testify to the migration of the Vandals and the Suebi to the Roman West in 406 AD. These finds comprise different types of crossbow brooches discovered in the Roman provinces in Gallia, Spain, and North Africa, which parallels originate from the lands to the north of the Danube, in the zone where the Vandals and the Suebi lived by the moment of the migration to the West in 406 AD. Besides, some features of the funeral rite discovered in the early Great Migration Period in Eastern Gallia, particularly ritually destroyed weapons, meet with analogies in the cemeteries of Central European barbarians, particularly in the Przeworsk culture. These archaeological pieces of evidence were partially related to the arrival of the Vandals and the Suebi to the Roman Empire’s territory in 406 AD, and also reflected the presence of the Central European barbarians in the Roman military service.

scholarly journals About Bracelets with Zoomorphic Ends from Dzhurga-Oba Necropolis in Eastern Crimea (Great Migration Period)

2019 ◽  
pp. 169-180
Author(s):  
Anna Mastykova
Keyword(s):  
Great Migration ◽  
Migration Period ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Eastern Crimea ◽  
East German ◽  
The Great Migration ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Lock In

The paper considers burial 40 of Dzhurga Oba necropolis in the Eastern Crimea. Two bracelets, elements of a prestigious female costume of the second half of the 5th century and weapons (sword elements) were found in the catacomb. It is possible that there were two inhumations – male and female ones. Two bronze gilded bracelets from this burial have gold zoomorphic endings in the form of heads, usually interpreted as dragons, and a hinged lock in the form of a disk. The origins of this type of bracelets should be sought in the traditions of Mediterranean jewelry art. Bracelets with a lock in the form of a plate on hinges appeared in the Mediterranean in the 2nd – 3rd centuries and existed until the 7th century (inclusive). It should be noted that there is a noticeable Byzantine / Mediterranean component in the female costume from Dzhurga Oba, which is represented primarily by the cloisonne inlay style jewelry – earrings, rings, bracelets. At the same time, the presence of a pair of brooches from the East German tradition indicates the mixed character of the female prestigious costume from Dzhurga-Oba, which is typical for the Cimmerian Bosporus of the Great Migration Period.

scholarly journals A newly discovered Przeworsk culture settlement and burial ground from the Late Pre-Roman and Roman period at Bejsce, Dist. Kazimierza Wielka – preliminary results of field-walking survey and rescue excavation

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 231-244
Author(s):  
Michał Kasiński ◽  
Jan Bulas ◽  
Magdalena Okońska
Keyword(s):  
Early Phase ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Burial Ground ◽  
Migration Period ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
The North ◽  
Surface Survey ◽  
Przeworsk Culture

The article presents preliminary results of surface survey conducted under the leadership of the authors of this paper in spring of 2019 on multicultural complex of sites occupying a hill located in south-western part of Bejsce, Dist. Kazimierza Wielka. Among discovered finds the most numerous were the pottery fragments attributed to the Przeworsk culture dated to the Late Pre-Roman period, Roman period and early phase of Migration period. Settlement or possibly complex of settlements of the Przeworsk culture covered the southern part of the surveyed terrain form, while approximately 300 m to the north from the boundary of the settlement, remains of a badly damaged necropolis, dated to Late Pre-Roman and Early Roman Period were found. Because in case of one grave, situated immediately by a deep balk, ploughing uncovered a part of its fill in situ, to prevent the ongoing destruction of the grave, a decision was made to perform rescue excavations in this place.

scholarly journals Occurrence of the Red Kite Milvus milvus in Slovenia

Acrocephalus ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (172-173) ◽  
pp. 55-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dejan Bordjan
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Migration Period ◽  
The Past ◽  
The North ◽  
Breeding Grounds ◽  
Milvus Milvus

Abstract The Red Kite Milvus milvus breeds alomost exclusively in Europe, its population is in decline. In the past, it was regarded as a rare migrant in Slovenia. In the 1990s it was classified as a possible breeder, extremely rare winter guest with more observations during migration. Between 1977 and January 2017 117 records of 121 individuals were gathered. Most (113) involved single birds on migration. Exceptionally, birds were present for a longer period - a single record of a summering bird is known. Since 1980 the number of birds per year increased from 1 to 1.1, 3 and 9 after 2009. Possible reasons are increased awareness and population increases to the north and northeast of Slovenia. Red Kites were observed throughout the year with the lowest numbers during summer and winter, which surprising, because the species is increasingly common during winter in central Europe. Migration of Red Kites in Slovenia begins in February with a peak in early April and May and between August and mid-November with a peak in early in October. The migration period coincides with arrivals and departures from breeding grounds. Red Kites have been observed all across the country, with more observations at well-watched sites. Birds were observed between sea level and 1740 m a.s.l. with only a handful of observations above 1000 m a.s.l.

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