FURTHER THOUGHTS ON THE «SIVERIAN» CHERNIHIV
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https://doi.org/10.37445/adiu.2023.03.17Keywords:
Chernihiv, Siverians, Polans, ceramics of the Volyntsevsk and Romensk cultures, 1300-year anniversary of the city.Abstract
The historiography on the prehistory of Old Rus Chernihiv is reviewed in the paper. The different opinions of researchers and hypotheses about the existence of settlements in the central part of the city in the 8th—9th centuries are considered. Archaeological finds and their dating are analyzed. Basing on this analysis, the authors concluded the following: currently there are no unanimously determined and proven markers of the existence of Siverians settlement in the historical part of Chernihiv on the eve of the Old Rus establishment. The materials presented by some researchers (B. Rybakov, V. Kovalenko) have not been confirmed during many years of large-scale work conducted by other scholars, even near the excavation areas of the mentioned researchers. While V. P. Kovalenko’s investigation yielded some ceramic materials, no objects were discovered in the excavations. The presence of ploughing layers dating back to the 7th—8th centuries has not been confirmed. The pottery having been published by B. Rybakov and V. Kovalenko cannot be clearly dated within a certain century. Also, there are no known dating finds in Chernihiv that could be associated with Volyntsevo-Romny antiquities of the 8th—9th centuries. Long-term research in various locations of the historical center of Chernihiv recorded the Old Rus horizon appearance not earlier than the end of the 9th century. Single finds of artifacts of Early Slavic and earlier cultures in a re-deposited state in the layers of Old Rus and later times do not give grounds to depict the continuous life here during a certain period (the second half of the 1st millennium AD).
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