Moschtschiny culture
The Moschtschiny culture (Russian Мощинская культура ) was an archaeological culture of the Iron Age from the 4th to 7th centuries in what is now western Russia .
It is the easternmost known Baltic culture.
Distribution area
The settlement area was in the forest areas on the upper Dnepr and the upper Oka in today's Russian Oblast Kaluga , Tula , Oryol and Smolensk .
It is named after a settlement near the village of Moschtschiny in Mosalsk Raion in Kaluga Oblast.
Emergence
The Moschtschiny culture emerged in the 4th century from the Juchnowo culture , with influences of the Sarubinzy culture from immigration.
Material culture
Agriculture and animal husbandry were the basic foodstuffs. Most of the settlements were fortified.
The ceramic had a smooth surface with bronze decorations. It was hand molded. Bronze and iron processing were highly developed.
Corpse burns were buried in barrows.
Changes
For the period from the 9th century, the possibly Baltic-Slavic tribe of the Vyatiches in the western part of the area is mentioned. For the 11th century the probably Baltic tribe of the Goljad ( East Galindians ) on the Oka .
Web links
- Archaeological finds from the Iron Age in Kaluga Oblast (Russian)
- Funeral Cultures in Oryol Oblast (Russian)
- Archaeological finds in Tula Oblast
literature
- Brockhaus archeology. Leipzig, Mannheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-7653-3321-7
- GA Massalitina: Современное состояние изучения мощинской культуры. Оки связующая нить ( on the current status of research on Moschtschiny culture Oka. ) In: (Red.) EE Fomtschenko: Археология Среднего Поочья: Сборник материалов Второй региональной научно-практической конференции (Ступино, 18 февраля 2009 г.) ( Archeology Middle Oka area, materials from the second regional scientific and practical conference (Studino, February 18, 2009 ). Moscow 2009, pp. 38–43