TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE CHERNYAKHIV—SINTANA-DE-MUREŞ CULTURE BEARERS’ SHOES

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https://doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2022.03.25

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Chernyakhiv—Sintana-de-Mureş Сul¬tu¬re, graves, shoes, shoe buckles, strap-ends, calcei

Abstract

Sources for the study and reconstruction of the shoes of Chernyakhiv—Sintana-de-Mureş Culture’s bearers are finds of shoe sets (buckles and strap-ends), as well as a half-boot-shaped clay beaker from Kaborga. Analysis of archaeological materials allows to solve the questions of the date and origin of shoes with straps, but unfortunately do not give any idea about their kind. Ceramic model compensates for it. The prototypes of barbarian shoes as well as half-boots are known by many images of the 1st—2nd cent. However, neither of them includes shoes with straps. A brief review of late antique footwear researches’ results provides almost complete information about it’s composition, distinctive features for different layers of ancient society, and the opposition of ancient and barbarian footwear in iconography. The Carrand Diptych, which depicts half-boots with straps, is of great importance for the disclosure of the topic. In addition, the expansion of the research’s source base allows us to take a new look at the spread of shoe fashion with a set, as well as to propose some hypotheses about shoes of the Chernyakhiv—Sintana-de-Mureş Culture’s bearers. 1. I propose to consider the clay beaker from Kaborga as a model of roman calcei. 2. «Fashion» for shoes with straps at the end of the 4st — the first half of the 5st cent. among the population of the South-Western Crimea arose and spread, thanks to the Alans. However, another explanation is also possible. The prototype of such shoes could be depicted on the Stilicho, on the diptych from Monza. The shoes of such kind could be gifted to the Bosporian elite and it preserved in the form of gold shoe buckles and strap-ends in the polychrome style from the Kerch tombs. 3, 4. I propose to consider possible usage of stockings by women and possible «offering» of an additional pair of shoes in the Chernyakhiv—Sintana-de-Mureş Сulture’s graves.

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2022-06-07

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Hopkalo, O. V. . (2022). TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE CHERNYAKHIV—SINTANA-DE-MUREŞ CULTURE BEARERS’ SHOES. Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine, 44(3(44), 385–403. https://doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2022.03.25