The first results of archaeometric characterization and provenance studies of Byzantine amphorae from Poland

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ID10999985
AuthorsA V Korokhina (0000-0001-6123-6285, Leibniz-Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) Leipzig Germany, corresponding author), Sylvie Yona Waksman (0000-0002-0295-3521, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) „Archaeology & Archaeometry“ laboratory Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée, 7 rue Raulin Lyon cedex 7 France), Michał Auch (0000-0001-8361-9842, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences Solidarności 105 Warszawa Poland), Natalia Khamaiko (0000-0002-7396-0315, Leibniz-Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) Leipzig Germany), Maciej Trzeciecki (0000-0002-9419-2677, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences Solidarności 105 Warszawa Poland), Mariia Tymoshenko (0000-0002-7286-3775, Museum of Kyiv History B. Khmelnytskoho Str. 7 Kyiv Ukraine), Tomasz Dzieńkowski (0000-0002-3899-3170, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Institute of Archaeology PL. M. Curie-Skłodowskiej Square 4a Lublin Poland), Marcin Wołoszyn (0000-0001-5319-6746, Leibniz-Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) Leipzig Germany)
Year2025
Publication date2025-03-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePraehistorische Zeitschrift (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0079-4848 • E-ISSN: 1613-0804
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/pz-2024-2058
OpenAlexW4408572552
LanguageEN
Citations received2

This paper reports on the results of the archaeometric characterization and provenance study of 27 fragments of medieval amphorae dating to the 11 th – 13 th century, recovered from the Czermno hillfort (chronicle name: Cherven’ ) – one of the most important sites in the early medieval Polish-Rus’ border zone. Two main groups of amphorae were identified through petrographic and elemental analysis. Comparison of WD-XRF results with the database of the “Archaeology and Archaeometry” laboratory in Lyon has linked one of them to a larger group of Byzantine amphorae manufactured in the Dardanelles strait area (Günsenin I and IV). The results obtained highlight some of the problems that arise when studying trade within Early (Kyivan) Rus’, in particular with regard to its western trading outposts

Archaeology · Byzantine architecture · Geochemistry · Geography · Provenance · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Geology · Historical and Archaeological Studies

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