On the Internal Topography of the 13th—15th-Century Settlement “Zheleznodorozhnoye-1” (Krymsk District, Krasnodar Krai): preliminary observations Cover Image

О внутренней топографии поселения XIII—XV вв. «Железнодорожное-1» (Крымский район Краснодарского края): предварительные наблюдения
On the Internal Topography of the 13th—15th-Century Settlement “Zheleznodorozhnoye-1” (Krymsk District, Krasnodar Krai): preliminary observations

Author(s): Vladimir P. Mokrushin, Evgeniy I. Narozhny, Pavel V. Sokov
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Middle Ages, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: North-Western Caucasus; Golden Horde settlements; agricultural environs; burial grounds; Black Sea region; Italian trade; export of grain from the Kuban region
Summary/Abstract: This work is focused on the internal specificity of the “Zhelezodorozhnoe-1” settlement in the Krymsk District of Krasnodar Krai. Together with two other synchronous Golden Horde sites, it is considered a consolidated economic center. Compared to the other large-scale sites, such as “Zhukova” settlement and Angelinsky Yerik, or “Shakhrak city”, after I.V. Volkov, these objects adjoin the periphery of the large “Copario area” (after I.V. Volkov, located in the area ranging from Golubitskaya village to Chyorny Yerik farmstead). In the context of the sources, these facts allow raising the problem related to the possibility of participation of the settlements in question in the exports of grain to Caffa, where from it was reexported to Europe.