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Скандинавский компонент древнерусской культуры
Scandinavian Component in the Early Russian Culture

Author(s): Yury M. Lesman
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Cultural history, Comparative history, Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Early Russian Culture; Scandinavians; smithcraft; jewelry; female jewelry; male subculture; weapons; funerary rite

Summary/Abstract: This article is a post-mortem publication of Yu. M. Lesman’s paper, in the version it had acquired by 2010. It is an analytical overview of originally Scandinavian elements in the Early Russian culture. The author identifies specificity and dynamics of penetration of Scandinavian components into the Early Russian culture, focusing, particularly, on Scandinavian elements in development of smithcraft (“pack” technology, bundles, etc.) and jewelry, Scandinavian prototypes in the Early Russian female jewelry set and Scandinavian features of the funerary rite.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 43-87
  • Page Count: 45
  • Language: Russian
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