scholarly journals OLD RUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMPLEX «FEOFANIIA» (basing on the exploration in 2016—2017)

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-257
Author(s):  
І. V. Zotsenko
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
The South ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Archaeological Material ◽  
Industrial Buildings ◽  
12Th Century ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The City ◽  
Privately Owned ◽  
The Way

The material and archaeological context of the research of Architectural and Archaeological Expedition of the IA NAS of Ukraine in 2016—2017 are considered in the paper. The group of sites dating to the 11th—13th centuries is located in the southern part of Kyiv named Feofania. This archaeological complex includes the hill-fort and three settlements. The officers of the Kyiv Archaeology Department Dr. O. Manigda and V. Kryzhanovsky made the surveying of the site. The exploration in 2016—2017 is connected with the construction of residential complex on the territory of settlement 2. Due to it the large area of the settlement — 2850 m2 — was discovered and explored. During the excavations 55 archaeological sites of Old Rus time were discovered. Among them are the residential and industrial buildings, outbuildings. The latter includes the object with a complex of adobe kilns (such structures have a very few analogies). The large number of archaeological material was collected among which are the items with the city nomenclature. Paleobotanical remains are distinguished in a separate numerous category of material. The traces of two fires have been occurred at the settlement. If the second fire is related to the collapse of the settlement during the Tatar-Mongol invasion (1240), the first one dates to the end of 11th — beginning of the 12th century, and the reason of it is unknown. Summing up the previous results, it is possible to refer the settlements No. 2 to the type of settlements privately owned by representatives of the feudal class. The group settlements and the hill-fort formed the block-post controlling the way to Kyiv from the south. In addition to Medieval antiquities the number of finds and objects of the Late Bronze — Early Iron Ages, as well as three burials of the late 18th—19th centuries, which apparently related to the cemetery of Saint Panteleimon Monastery, were discovered.

scholarly journals Potential of the Radiocarbon Method for Dating Known Historical Events: The Case of Yaroslavl, Russia

Radiocarbon ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 615-624
Author(s):  
A V Engovatova ◽  
G I Zaitseva ◽  
M V Dobrovolskaya ◽  
N D Burova
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Methodological Question ◽  
Archaeological Material ◽  
Central Russia ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
Dating Method ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The City

We address here the methodological question of potentially using the radiocarbon method for dating historical events. The archaeological investigations in Yaroslavl (central Russia) provide an example. The Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IARAS) has been conducting excavations at the site for many years, and many archaeological complexes dating to different times have come to light. The most interesting of these are connected with the founding of the city by Prince Yaroslav the Wise in AD 1010 (the first fortifications) and with the devastation of the city by the Tatar Mongols in 1238 (evidenced by sanitary mass burials of Yaroslavl's inhabitants). We have conducted a certain experiment, a “reverse” investigation of the chronology of the events. The dates of the events are known from chronicles, archaeological materials, and dendrochronological data for several assemblages. We have taken a large series of 14C samples from the same assemblages, dated them in 2 different laboratories, and compared the data. The accuracy of the 14C dates proved to be compatible with dates found via the archaeological material. The article shows the potential for 14C dating of archaeological assemblages connected with known historical events. The results of the research conducted by the authors serve as an additional argument for the broader use of the 14C dating method in studies of archaeological sites related to the Middle Ages in Russia.

scholarly journals NOTES ON SOME ALBERTA BUTTERFLIES

1898 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 298-300
Author(s):  
F. H. Wolley Dod
Keyword(s):  
The South ◽  
The Past ◽  
South West ◽  
To Come ◽  
Hill Prairie ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The Way

Chionobas.—To hear of the occurence of Chionobas Macounii in the hill-prairie district south of Calgary will doubtless be as much of a surprise to most entomologists as the discovery of it here has been to myself. That a man who, like myself, is ever on the outlook for anything fresh in the way of butterflies, should have lived for five years in Macounii locality without knowing it surpasses my comprehension. whilst overhauling, relaxing, and setting last winter from the captures of the past two seasons, I came across, amongst some papered specimens that had been handed to me by a Mr. Hudson, an ardent collector here, a papered butterfly labelled “Chionobas Chryxus, ♀, July 4th 1896,” taken amongst the spruce about twelve miles west of here; that is to say, about 26 miles to the south-west of Calgary. Now, though I have never yet seen Chryxus here, I have always been expecting to come across it amongst the spruce, and was not much surprised. However, after relaxing and setting me specimen, lo and behold! it was not Chryxus, but agreed rather closely with some C. californica♂ ♂ that I have from Ft. Klamoth, Oregon.

scholarly journals VARIABILITY OF THE SETTLEMENTS OF OLD RUS PERIOD IN THE ROS RIVER BASIN (Porossya)

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-84
Author(s):  
A. V. Borysov
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Residential Area ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Cultural Layer ◽  
Archaeological Material ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Regional Features ◽  
The Hill ◽  
Size And Structure

The preliminary results of the analysis of present database of settlement sites and reconstructed settlements in the territory of the Ros river basin (annalistic Porossya) are considered in the paper. The size and structure of the settlements are analyzed. This paper uses information on the area of distribution of the cultural layer recorded by researchers in the form of literary and graphic descriptions of the sites. Data on the size of settlements of Medieval Porossya region were collected in the thematic geo-information system «Porossya-01». Up to 2020 the Old Rus archaeological sites in Porossya are represented by 263 ones: 145 non-fortified sites, 66 hill-forts, 36 non-fortified settlements adjacent to the hill-forts, 16 finds of archaeological material. This database of archaeological sites has been collected from fieldwork over the last 150 years. Settlements of the 12th — the first half of the 13th centuries can be divided into three main groups by the size of residential area: large (8 ha), medium (3.5—7.1 ha) and small (0.1—3.3 ha). 20 % of the largest settlements of Porossya make 80 % of the entire residential area of the region and, as a rule, are the centers of agglomerations. The number of medium-sized settlements is 62 %. Their total area is 13 % of the total area of all settlements in the Porossya region. The data presented in this paper display the basic idea of the variability of Medieval settlement structures in the territory of the annalistic Porossya. Further this will allow make the comparative analysis and distinguish the regional features of the settlement area in the territory of Southern Rus. The use of data from Porossya will close the archeology to understanding of the characteristics and nature of settlements, to the patterns of their origin and functioning within the limits Medieval social organisms.

scholarly journals Estrutura Urbana e Representações: A invenção da Zona Sul e a construção de um novo processo de segregação espacial no Rio de Janeiro nas primeiras décadas do século XX

GeoTextos ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Dezouzart Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Residential Segregation ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Urban Structure ◽  
The South ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Process Of Change ◽  
New Process ◽  
The City ◽  
South Zone

No Rio de Janeiro, a segregação espacial já era conhecida pelo menos desde meados do século XIX. No entanto, foi só nas primeiras décadas do século XX que surgiriam as bases para uma nova configuração da segregação espacial na cidade, com a criação e a ocupação do bairro de Copacabana, que proporcionou a “invenção” da Zona Sul, “topônimo” até então não utilizado, e do seu oposto, a grande área que ficou conhecida como “subúrbio”, termo até então utilizado com outro significado. A toponímia associada a essas novas áreas de expansão da cidade foi relacionada a uma representação que proporcionou as diretrizes da segregação residencial no Rio de Janeiro por várias décadas, até fins do século XX, na dicotomia zona sul/ subúrbios. O objetivo deste trabalho é demonstrar o processo de construção destas representações e de mudança e construção de um novo modelo de segregação residencial no Rio de Janeiro nas primeiras décadas do século XX. Abstract URBAN STRUCTURE AND REPRESENTATIONS: THE INVENTION OF THE SOUTH ZONE AND THE MAKING OF A NEW PROCESS OF SPACIAL SEGREGATION IN RIO DE JANEIRO IN THE FIRST DECADES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY In Rio de Janeiro, space segregation was already known at least since de mid nineteenth century. However, only in the first decades of the twetieth century there would be th basis for a new configuration of the space segregation in the city, with the creation and occupation of Copacabana district, causing th “invention” of the South Zone, “toponyn” until then not used, and of its opposite, the large area that became known as th “suburb”, a term wich until then had another meaning. The toponymy associated to these new areas of the expanding city was related to an representation that provided the grounds of residential segregation in Rio for many decades, until the end of the twentieth century, in the form of the dicotomy south zone/suburbs. The aim of this work is to show this process of consturuction of these representations and the process of change and building of a new model of segragation in Rio de Janeiro in the first decades of the twentieth century.

The Living City of the Dead: Representation of Life in the Cemeteries in Two Egyptian Novels

Arabica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-116
Author(s):  
Tania Al Saadi
Keyword(s):  
Historical Context ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Symbolic Function ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
The Dead ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

Abstract The City of the Dead is a large area on the periphery of Cairo where people live in house-like tombs. This study focuses on two Egyptian novels Šakāwā l-miṣrī l-faṣīḥ (1981-1985) by Yūsuf al-Qaʿīd and Madad (2014) by Maḥmūd al-Wirwārī, in which living in the cemeteries is portrayed as a paradoxical reality where life and death overlap. Limits between the two are blurred, and this creates a confusing situation where landmarks are lost and moral values are subverted. This situation echoes the characters’ personal dilemmas and the uncertain historical context in which they live. This article sheds light on the representation of life in the cemeteries and the concrete and symbolic function of this space. It also discusses this representation within the portrayal of peripheries and marginal spaces in contemporary Egyptian fiction, and explores the way the two novels—published several decades apart—use this ambivalent space to relate their respective historical realities.

scholarly journals HISTORICAL TOPOGRAPHY OF LUBECH IN 10th—11th CENTURIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-120
Author(s):  
O. M. Veremeychyk
Keyword(s):  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Left Bank ◽  
Archaeological Material ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Burial Rites ◽  
Burial Mounds ◽  
The City

The antiquities of Lubech of the 10th — the beginning 11th century are represented by cultural layer, fixed on large territory, burial assemblages and structures (residential, household, defensive) of this time, as well as finds of hoards and single coins. The complex of archaeological sites of Lubech 10th century consists of settlements, suburbs (posads) and burial mounds. Settlements are located along the edge of the indigenous terrace of the left bank of the Dnieper River (Lysa Gora, Zamkova Gora, Gorodische—1, settlement Monastyrische). Posads adjoining them from the east and south. Podil (down town) is located under the settlements, in the floodplain of the Dnieper river. From the north, east and south, the territory of the city was surrounded by burial mounds. In 1947 O. O. Popko recorded 6 mound groups which were located in the central part of the settlement (Dubret site), on Lysa Gora (Mokriivshchina site), northwest of the settlement, near the Dnieper floodplain (Chabotok site), in the northern part of Lubech, on Visokomy Poli (Kolovoroty site), east of Lubech (Duhivschina site) and in the southern part of the settlement, near the Podolnitsky Gora (settlement Monastyrische), in Kurgan site. In 2017—19, the remains of mounds near house of P. Polubotok were also archaeologically recorded. During the end of 19th — beginning 21st centuries in different mound groups of Lubech 39 burials 10th — early 11th centuries have been excavated. The diversity of burial rites in the mound groups of Lubech testifies of the variegated nature of the Lubech population at the initial stage of its existence. Residential and household buildings of this time are recorded at Zamkova Gora, Horodysche 1 and Lubechposad. Some of them contained the hand-made and wheel-made pottery of Romenska culture. At the settlement Zamkova Gora the residential buildings of the 10th century which consisted of one row of structure were found. Three dwellings with clay ovens located in the southern corners of the structures were discovered. Ovens were built either using clay rollers or stone. In all constructions the hand-made pottery of Romenska culture was dominated but some fragments of early whel-made pottery were also occurred. Two more residential buildings with Romenska culture hand-made ceramics were found at the posad of Lubech. The residential and utility buildings of the 10th century with the wheel-made pottery were also discovered. Some sites with the hand-made pottery of Romenska culture were partially excavated at the Horodysche 1. Hoards and individual finds of Arab coins and single finds of Byzantine coins of 10th — beginning of 11th century come from Lubech. Analyzing the archaeological material it can be concluded that Lubech probably originated at the turn of the 9th—10th centuries, and in the mid-10th century it was already the significant center of Eastern Europe.

Scale Differences: Akragas and Morgantina

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dora P. Crouch
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Water System ◽  
South Coast ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Geological Situation ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
North And South

Can we discern differences in the way water was managed at larger and smaller Greek cities? Let us take two Greek cities in Sicily as case studies, examining them in some detail as to area, population, date, geological situation, and the water system elements known at each. The aim of this exercise is to begin to understand the impact of scale differences on the clusters of water system elements in ancient cities. Useful examples are Akragas—modern Agrigento—and Morgantina (Figs. 15.1, 15.2). Akragas is located on the south coast of Sicily, approximately in the center, and occupies a dramatic site on a hill between two rivers. The earliest settlement—and later the medieval town—were located on the highest peak of the 280-meter hill (Storia della Sicilia, 1979, map 1), but during classical and Hellenistic times the city spread down the hill to the wide and gentle valley to the south, which then rises again to form a ridge that separates that valley from the plain leading to the sea. In the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. a line of temples was built along the lower ridge, forming today the single largest, best preserved, and most impressive group of Greek temples anywhere. These architectural glories were possible because of the size and wealth of the city, the same factors that necessitated and made possible the extensive water system of the city. In contrast, Morgantina was built inland, on a ridge at the juncture of the Catania plain with the plateaus of the center of Sicily. This ridge stands 578 to 656 meters above sea level, higher by 300 to 350 meters than the valleys to the north and south, but lower than the site of the nearest modern town, Aidone (885 meters), about 3 kilometers away. Morgantina began as a prehistoric settlement of migrant tribes from Italy whose king, Merges, gave his name to the city. The earliest Sikel settlement was on Cittadella, the easternmost wedge of the ridge, during the archaic period, no later than the sixth century.

The Roman Wall

1932 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 158-162
Author(s):  
J. J. R. Bridge
Keyword(s):  
Solid Rock ◽  
The South ◽  
The West ◽  
The Road ◽  
Simple Matter ◽  
The North ◽  
Bridge Abutment ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

In the first number of Greece and Rome Mr. Symonds reminded us that the bearing of art and archaeology on literature can be studied by visits to sites and museums, and suggested that ‘even a holiday expedition to the Roman Wall is not beyond the bounds of ambition’. Indeed, once Newcastle or Carlisle is reached the motor-car has made a trip to the Wall a simple matter. A cursory visit starting from Newcastle takes but a few hours. A twenty-mile drive over the West Turnpike, Wade's Road as it is popularly called, along the line of the Wall with the earthworks visible for most of the way and a fragment of the Wall itself to be seen not far from the city boundary, brings us to Chesters. Here is the camp, or more properly fort, of Cilurnum, the fort baths, the bridge abutment, and the museum. After Chesters we travel a further ten miles. A substantial length of the Wall is soon seen on the right, while the earthworks line both sides of the road for most of the way, and at Limestone Bank are cut through solid rock. Then with less than half a mile's walk across the fields we come to Housesteads. Here we can see the fort of Borcovicium (or Borcovicus), and then walk a few hundred yards to the west to see a milecastle and get the well-known view of the Wall at Cuddy's Crag. If the start is from Carlisle the mileage is more, Housesteads being about half-way to Newcastle but Chesters ten miles farther east. If we come from the south by road we may leave the North Road at Durham and travelling by Lanchester, Consett, and Corbridge (Corstopitum), join the West Turnpike at Portgate where the Roman Road of the first of the Antonine Itineraries passed through the Wall on its way to the Cheviots and Scotland: or we may turn off earlier and make for Teesdale and Alston, to join the West Turnpike three miles north of Haltwhistle.

Then and Now: a Medieval Visit to the Castle of al-Rāwandān recalled

1993 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 137-142
Author(s):  
David Morray
Keyword(s):  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
Biographical Dictionary ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

In the topographical introduction to his biographical dictionary of people connected with the city of Aleppo, the seventh/thirteenth century north Syrian writer Kamāl al-Dīn ‘Umar b. Aḥmad Ibn al-‘Adīm includes a brief gazetteer entry on the castle of al-Rāwandān (present-day Revanda Kalesi), situated north of Aleppo on the way to ‘Ayn Tāb (modern Gaziantep):“It is a small castle on the top of a high hill, isolated in its situation. Neither mangonels nor arrows can reach it. At the foot of the hill there is a small settlement (rabaḍ). It is one of the strongest castles, and most favoured spots. A valley runs north and west of the castle, making for a fosse. It contains a permanent river.”

The development of Sūq al-Qaṭṭānīn quarter, Jerusalem

Der Islam ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tawfiq Daʿadli ◽  
Hervé Barbé
Keyword(s):  
Focal Point ◽  
The South ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Old City ◽  
Public Bath ◽  
The City ◽  
Main Streets ◽  
The Way

Abstract:Following the discovery of a Mamlūk public bath and a vaulted hall to the south of the Cotton Market in the Old City of Jerusalem, this article proposes a new evaluation of the urban fabric in close proximity to the focal point of the Islamic area ‒ the Ḥaram al-Sharīf. We argue here that what once was considered a project constructed under the supervision of the district governor Saif al-Dīn Tankiz, and financed by the Sultan al-Nāṣir Muḥammad b. Qalāwūn, was in fact initiated by Tankiz. He first erected a double ḥammām, and then a Khān, which was presumably connected to a market street. In its final incarnation, the Sūq was monumental in scale, extending all the way to the Ḥaram. The final product, a market street connecting the Ḥaram with one of the main streets of the city, providing facilities to believers in the form of a double ḥammām and a Khān that served merchants and also pilgrims, was by far the most ambitious project of the Mamlūk era in Jerusalem.

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