Nomads and Natives Beyond the Danube and the Black Sea : 700-900 Ce.

Cover -- Half-title -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Sources -- Written Sources -- The Byzantine Writings -- Bulgarian Sources (Epigraphic) -- Russian Sources -- Hungarian Sources -- Western Sources -- Oriental Sources -- Archaeological Sources -- Settlements -- Hillforts -- Burial Findings -- Numismatic Findings -- Chapter 2. Habitation -- Archaeological Sites -- Settlements -- Settlement Surface -- Settlement Structure -- Hillforts -- Geographical Position -- Sites' Topography -- The Hillforts' Surface -- Defense System -- Functionality of Hillforts -- Chronology of Hillforts -- Mixed Settlements -- Caves -- Dwellings and Household Annexes -- Dwellings -- Planimetry -- Construction Techniques -- Roof Arrangement -- Interior Arrangement -- Houses -- Fire Installations -- Simple Ovens -- Ovens -- Household Annexes -- Outbuildings -- Household Pits -- Chapter 3. Economy -- Agriculture -- Soil Cultivation -- Agricultural Utensils -- Paleobotanical Research -- Agricultural Installations and Constructions -- Facilities for food storage -- Installations for drying agricultural products -- Installations for processing cereals -- Livestock Breeding -- Domestic Animals -- Poultry -- Handicrafts and Economic Exchange -- Metalwork -- Metalworking Workshops -- Metal Processing Technology -- Tool Making -- Non-ferrous Metal Working -- Clay Processing -- Pottery -- Pottery Workshops -- Pottery Kilns -- Types of Ceramics -- Handmade Pottery -- Pottery Made On a Slow Wheel -- Pottery Made On a Fast Wheel -- Raw Material -- Workshops -- Typology of Bone Pieces -- Tools -- Toiletries and Clothing Pieces -- Pieces for Games and Entertainment -- Types of Tools for Bonework -- Potter's Signs -- Bonework and Hornwork.

Leather and Fur Processing -- Woodworking -- Stonework -- Weaving and Tailoring -- Economic Exchange -- Extraction and Marketing of Salt -- The Coins with No Trade vs. The Trade with No Coins -- The Byzantine Coins -- Imported Goods -- Arab Coins -- West European Coins -- Objects of Adornment -- Clothing Accessories -- Auxiliary Occupations -- Hunting -- Fishing -- Chapter 4. Spiritual Life -- Religious Beliefs -- Funerary Rites and Rituals -- Incineration Cemeteries -- Biritual Cemeteries -- Inhumation Cemeteries -- Cenotaphs / Symbolic Funerals -- Chapter 5. Society -- Archaeological Cultures -- Hlincea Culture -- Luka Rajkoveckaja Culture -- Balkan-Danubian Culture -- Bucov Culture -- The Ethnic Attributions of Discoveries -- The Romanics -- The Slavs -- The Avars -- The Bulgarians -- Social and Political-Military Organization -- Relations with Neighbours -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Annales Fuldenses -- Gesta Hungarorum -- Archaeological Records / Repertories -- Secondary Literature -- Index.

Based on analysis of archaeological, narrative and numismatic sources, this book provides an in-depth historical overview of the Carpathian-Danubian region during the eighth and the ninth centuries.

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