Nataliya B. Krylasova*, Yulia A. Podosyonova**

Perm Federal Research Centre, the Ural Branch of R AS, Perm, Russia
*E-mail: n.krylasova@mail.ru
**E-mail: podosenka@yandex.ru

Keywords: Perm Cis-Urals, the Middle Ages, the Lomovatovka archaeological culture, the Rodanovo archaeological culture, metallurgical centre, non-ferrous metallurgy, alloys, master alloy metal, ingots.

In recent years, owing to comprehensive studies of non-ferrous metallurgy, foundry and jewelry work in Perm Cis-Urals of the Middle Ages, convincing evidence has been obtained for the existence of a large metallurgical centre there that not only provided for the needs of the local population, but also produced commodity metal for exporting. Contrary to the well-established viewpoint that only ore concentrate and copper were supplied there, it was found that local artisans independently doped copper and supplied finished brass and bronze in the form of rod-shaped ingots to the market. The use of Perm cupriferous sandstones for metallurgical production is beyond any doubt. However, the origin of the added metals used in the composition of the alloys remains questionable. Perhaps this issue can be resolved based of the analysis of the morphological and weight characteristics of the master alloy ingots, the preliminary results of which are presented in the article.

DOI: 10.31857/S086960630005671-7