The Region of the Upper Msta River in the Early Middle Ages.

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Geography -- 2 The History of Archaeological Research in the Region -- Chapter 1 Early Iron-Age Assemblages -- Chapter 2 Early Medieval Assemblages -- 1 General Characteristics -- 2 The Culture of the Pskov Long Barrows -- 2.1 Burials -- 2.2 Burial Rite -- 3 Settlement Sites in the Culture of the Pskov Long Barrows -- 3.1 The Gorodok 1 Settlement -- 3.1.1 Buildings -- 3.2 The Glybi 2 Settlement -- 3.3 Ovsishche 1 Settlement -- 4 Ceramic Finds -- 4.1 Pottery of the Gorodok 1 Settlement -- 4.2 The Pottery of the Ovsishche 1 Settlement -- 4.3 Pottery from Burial Assemblages -- 5 Small Finds from Assemblages of the Culture of the Pskov Long Barrows -- 6 The Chronology of the Culture of the Pskov Long Barrows -- Chapter 3 Assemblages Predating the Culture of the Sopki -- 1 The Udomlya Group -- 1.1 The Yur'evskaia Gorka Settlement -- 1.1.1 Bulidings -- 1.1.2 Pottery -- 1.1.3 Small Finds -- 1.2 Flat Graves in Yur'evskaia Gorka -- 1.3 The Settlement Troitsa 1 -- 2 The Msta Group -- 2.1 The Settlement and Ground Grave on the Bologoe Lake -- 2.2 The Leont'evo 1 Settlement -- 2.3 The Pashino Settlement -- 2.4 The Boriskovo 1 Settlement -- Conclusion -- Illustrations -- Bibliography -- Geographical Index -- Subject Index.

The monograph is devoted to the archaeological sites of the 5th-8th centuries AD of a Volga-Baltic watershed. In addition to the culture of the Pskov long barrows, a new group of early Slavic archaeological sites was revealed.

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