Leonard F. Nedashkovsky^1,*, Marat B. Shigapov^2,**

¹Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, Russia
²Povolzhskaya arkheologiya LLC, Kazan, Russia

*E-mail: Leonard.Nedashkovsky@kpfu.ru
**E-mail: maratshigapov@gmail.com

Keywords: rural settlements, the Golden Horde, the Bagaevka settlement, material culture, wearing-apparel components.

The article analyses wearing-apparel components from the Bagaevka settlement of the second half of 13th–14th century located in the vicinity of the Golden Horde city Ukek in Saratov district of Saratov Region. The settlement was excavated by the expedition of Kazan University under L.F. Nedashkovsky in 2002–2003, 2006–2012 and 2014–2016. Bagaevka is quite a large rural settlement with the area of 5.1 hectares, the thickness of its cultural layer in some locations exceeds 0.9 m. Numismatic finds from the site belong to the Golden Horde mintage of the late 13th–early 1360s. Details of the belt sets are represented by girdle clasp, brackets, stripes and tips of belts; hand decorations – by finger-rings and bracelets. There is also a Mordvin blade syul’gama, a bracket on leather bag flap and a badge. Morphological features of the wares are examined in the article based on typology with involvement of the broad comparative background of materials from synchronous sites. This complex characterizes material culture of the Golden Horde village of the Low Volga region, which, judging by the published materials, differed from that of the city and town situated nearby.

DOI: 10.31857/S086960630008260-5