Ipoteşti-Cândeşti Group

Archaeological Cultures of Eastern Europe in the 7th Century

The Ipoteşti-Cândeşti group (Romanian Ipoteşti-Cândeşti-Ciurel , Russian Ипотешти-кындештская культура ) was an early Slavic archaeological group of the 6th to 8th centuries on the lower Danube in the area of what is now Romania and Moldova . It is assigned to the early tribes of the slaves .

Emergence

In the 6th century, the Penkovka group of Dniester and Prut expanded to the west in the area of the Chernyakhov culture . Early Slavic finds are also known south of the Danube.

The culture is named after a site near Ipoteşti , Suceava and Cândeşti districts .

Some Romanian authors suspect an indigenous Dacian population, along with Slavic immigrants as bearers of the culture

Material culture

The pottery was very close to the Korchak culture to the north . It was also found south of the Danube z. B. In Byzantine fortifications.

Changes

In the 8th century, Volga Bulgarians of Turkic origin advanced into the area and founded the Danube -Bulgarian Empire .

According to Romanian archaeologists, archaeological successor cultures were the Ghlincea culture in Moldova and the Dhridu culture in Wallachia .

literature

Romania and Republic of Moldova. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 5, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1984, ISBN 3-11-009635-8 , pp. 567-568.
WW Sedow: Etnogenes rannych slawjan , in: Westnik RAN , vol. 73/7, 2003, p. 593ff. on-line
Florin Curta: The Making of the Slavs: History and Archeology of Lower Danube Region, C. 500-700 , Cambridge 2001

Web links

muzee-valcea.ro , Carol Terteci: The Ipoteşti-Cândeşti culture in Vâlcea County (Romanian)
esteo.ro , Archaeological Cultures (Romanian)

Remarks

^ Stefka Angelova, Rumjana Koleva, Archaeological evidence of early Slavic settlement in Bulgaria , in: Wolfram Brandes, u. a. (Ed.), Post-Roman Towns, Trade and Settlement in Europe and Byzantium , Vol. 2, Walter de Gruyter Berlin, 2007, ISBN 9783110183580 . This process corresponds to the advance of Slavic groups across the Danube described in Byzantine sources, cf. Conquest of the Slavs in the Balkans
↑ Until then, the area was shaped by Dacian , Roman and Byzantine influences. see. ( Ethnogenesis of the Romanians ), This assignment is rejected by other authors, see F. Curta, The Making of Slavs , 2001, and others

[1] Stefka Angelova, Rumjana Koleva, Archaeological evidence of early Slavic settlement in Bulgaria , in: Wolfram Brandes, u. a. (Ed.), Post-Roman Towns, Trade and Settlement in Europe and Byzantium , Vol. 2, Walter de Gruyter Berlin, 2007, ISBN 9783110183580 . This process corresponds to the advance of Slavic groups across the Danube described in Byzantine sources, cf. Conquest of the Slavs in the Balkans

[2] Until then, the area was shaped by Dacian , Roman and Byzantine influences. see. ( Ethnogenesis of the Romanians ), This assignment is rejected by other authors, see F. Curta, The Making of Slavs , 2001, and others