Древняя Русь. История повседневности.

A long-term archaeological study at Shestovytsia necropolis accumulated a significant collection, an important part of which are archaeozoological materials. Most of the finds are stored at the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. V. I. Bibikova determined the bones from 35 Shestovytsia’s burial mounds, excavated in the 1940s—1950s and published by D. I. Blifeld. Currently, in the collection, there are osteological remains from 28 complexes and 3 bones without the catalogue numbers, they were identified by Ye. Yu. Yanish.
The sample from this site includes 454 fragments of animal origin from 61 individuals minimum. All animal remains belong to the category of «ritually used» because they originate from an inventory of burials. These are the animal for sacrifice buried along with the human body, the remains of funeral feast and of food placed into the grave, and the personal belongings of the dead, i. e. things of everyday use (combs, pointed tools (fids or marlinspikes), needle- and awl-cases, etc.), amulets, and gaming pieces. They are ranged by a degree of treatment from bones without any treatment to complicated bone products. Animals which bones were used for further treatment were adult species. The bones of young individuals, apparently, belonged to the animals used for funeral feast.
Total of 11 representative mammal species belong to 3 Orders — Artiodactyla: Bovidae family, Cervidae family, Suidae family; Perissodactyla: Equidae family; Carnivora: Canidae family and Ursidae family; and also Rodentia. In addition, in several graves, chicken bones (Gallus gallus domesticus), bird’s (obviously chicken) eggs, as well as the shell of the Unio crassus were detected. There are no fish remains in the materials from the necropolis. Domestic species accounted for 68.3 % of the determined mammalian remains. The largest variety is registered in the materials from the burial mound 21 (the mound 22 (121), according to the report, excavations in 1956) and the burial 1 and 4 of the mound 61 (the mound 52 (51), according to the report, excavations in 1957).
87 bones contain traces of influence: the effects of fire, the traces of chopping, cutting, and gnawing by dogs. In the investigated material, there is a bone of small cattle with pathological enlargements, which are the result of the inflammatory process, in this case, most probably after trauma. In addition, the enamel of the horse’s tooth is damaged, which is likely a result of the certain types of feed usage.

Научный журнал Санкт-Петербургской Духовной Академии Русской Православной Церкви «Древняя Русь: во времени, в личностях, в идеях. Palaiorwsia: en cronw, en proswpw, en eidei» посвящён проблемам изучения древнерусского прошлого: истории государственных и общественных институтов, богословско-философской проблематики древнерусской книжности, различных аспектов устройства и деятельности Русской церкви, жизни и творчества выдающихся деятелей отечественного Средневековья, истории идей и повседневности. Ранее журнал издавался как альманах, основанный независимыми исследователями. В данном выпуске размещены материалы научной конференции «Властные, социальные и религиозные институты Древней Руси: история взаимовлияния и взаимодействия», которая прошла в Санкт-Петербургской Духовной Академии 21-22 и 25-26 июня 2018 года. Журнал рассчитан на специалистов в области истории, права, богословия, филологии, студентов, а также всех интересующихся историей Отечества.

Attribution of Two Lead Seals Belonging to the First Prince of Polotsk Rogvolod (ca. 962-978). Авторами анализируются данные, позволяющие сделать вывод о первом случае уверенной идентификации материальных свидетельств существования родоначальника династии полоцких князей — летописного варяга Рогволода, пребывавшего примерно с 962 до 978 года в Полоцке, где он был убит по приказу Владимира Святославича. Атрибутируемые Рогволоду I печати свидетельствуют о том, что князь был крещен под именем Василия.

Альманах «Древняя Русь: во времени, в личностях, в идеях» посвящён проблемам изучения древнерусского прошлого: истории государственных и общественных институтов, христианства и Русской церкви, истории в лицах, истории идей и повседневности. Рассчитан на специалистов в области истории, права, богословия, филологии, студентов, а также всех интересующихся историей Отечества.

The article is devoted to the re–attribution of archaeological features from the excavations of S. R. Kilievich in 1972 in vicinity of Old Rus`ian St. Vasiliy Church. It presents the entire number of excavated materials. Based on the analysis of the collection of finds and field documentation, four objects from the excavation area 1 were removed from the list of Old Rus`ian objects and dated to the late 14th – first half of the 15th century. The Old Rus`ian period in the studied areas is represented by a pit house from excavation area 2 dated to the first half of the 11th century, and also by a pagan chamber grave with a horse of the to the second half of the 10th century.  New data corrects the picture of the historical topography of Old Kyiv.

The possibility of the comprehensive study of great arrays of historical manuscripts by a complex of methods incorporating multispectral imaging, X-ray fluorescence analysis, and transmission-and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis is discussed. The presented examples of the application of such a complex approach show its high efficiency for the acquisition of significant technical and technological information about the inks without any essential impact on the studied objects of cultural heritage.

Альманах посвящён проблемам изучения древнерусского прошлого: истории государственных и общественных институтов, христианства и Русской церкви, истории в лицах, истории идей и повседневности.
Пятый выпуск альманаха посвящен 80-летнему юбилею профессора, доктора исторических наук Игоря Яковлевича Фроянова.
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