Ocherki Khazarskoy Arkheologii

These images are from a book by the Russian Archaeologist Svetlana A. Pletnyova.  The book is an over view of archaeological material of the Khazars from the 8th-10th centuries CE. The captions are roughly translated.

Pic. 14 Warriors' belt fitting sets from the Catacombs of the Dmitrievsky burial, dated by Pletnyeva to the the first half of the 9th century. Pic. 15 Warriors' belt fiiting sets, dated to the second half of the 9th, perhaps 10th century.    Pic. 18 Horseman, buried in catacomb No. 106 of the Dmitrievsky burial. Drawing by Oleg Federov. Pic. 19 Decorations of silver and bronze: earings, rings, fibulae, bracelets.    Pic. 20 Religious items of bone, horn and leather. Pic.21 Amulets of bronze    Pic. 22 Amulets of bone, teeth, claw (fox, beaver and hare) and stone. Amulets in the form of little bronze mirrors. A figurine and idol's head, both carved from chalk. Pic.23 Mirrors of silver and bronze alloy. One of them, octagonal, took out from China in the 8th century (the Tan period). It may be a second casting from Tan's mirror.    Pic. 94 Different utiliartian goods: a knife, fish-hooks, fragments of copper, fragment of a fork, so-called iron heel-taps for walking on ice. Pic. 95 Bowman buried in catacomb No. 55 of the Dmitrievsky cemetary. Picture by Oleg Fedorov.   Pic. 98 Burial mound with small square ditch near the Veseliy farm-stead. This collection of artifacts exists entirely, because the burial was not ransacked. Published from Ms. Mashkova-Maksimenko's work. Pic. 99 Southern part of east region near of Azov. A typical inlet burial, related to pre-bulgarian burials of the 6th century.   

Pic. 24 Bronze items for hygiene and dress. The items for personal hygiene include: devises for cleaning the ears and nails, tweezers, spoons for applying makeup, handles of the brushs for eyebrow's painting and iron scissors. The ojects of attire include: fibulae, braids, small bells, small buttons, toggles, iron buckles and mother-of-pearl buttons     Pic. 53 A frontier guard rider buried in catacomb No. 52 of the Dmitrievsky cemetary. Picture by Oleg Federov    #122 Heavy armoured rider with a saddled steed. Picture by Oleg Fedorov    #117 Burial mound with small square ditch and basic inventory of this burial discovered in the Krivaya Luka area.

 

 

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