CONCERNING THE BONE CARVING IN ANCIENT VYSHGOROD

Authors

  • Maryna Sergeeva Institute of Archaeology NASU

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/mics2020.10.065

Keywords:

Middle Dnipro region, Kyivan Rus, Vyshgorod, bone carving, bone and antler products

Abstract

The article deals with the analysis of the state of local bone carving and introduction it into scientific circulation. The article introduces bone and antler products from Old Rus Vyshgorod into the scientific circulation and analyzes the level of development of local bone carving. All analyzed materials are dated back from 11th to 12th century. All bone products can be divided into two large groups. The first one includes primitive products of bone with minimal processing fully or partially based on the form of the source material. The second group consists of products made from prepared parts of a bone or antler. They have specific forms that are not related to the source material. The first group prevails by the number of finds. Primitive implements with a pointed working part were found most of all. The first group also includes playing astragals, a toy-bone with two holes (a device for reproducing noisy sounds), skates, amulets of wild boar and bear fangs. The second group includes things of different functional purpose (buttons, combs, knife handles, halter clasp, icon, egg-like product, chess piece, etc.). Separate semi-finished products and stocks were also identified. Bone products could appear in the life of the population of ancient Vyshgorod in two ways. In Vyshgorod, sporadic bone-carving work could occur. A small bone-carving workshop was discovered. Some of the products
most difficult to manufacture could come from Kyiv, where professional bone carving craft was developed. Studying Vyshgorod is further evidence of uneven development of bone carving in different centres of Kyivan Rus, previously traced in the other Ancient Rus sites. 

References

Arkhipova, Ye. I. (2010). Kul’tovi rechi z kameniu ta kistky. In Skrypnyk, H., & Kara-Vasyl’ieva, T. (Eds.). Istoriia dekoratyvnoho mystetstva Ukrainy, 1 (pp. 287–308). Kyiv: IMFE im. M. T. Ryl’s’koho.

Bibikov, D. (2015). Zhytlova zabudova Vyshhorods’koho posadu v kintsi Х – na pochatku ХII st. Za materialamy doslidzhen‘ 2014 r. In Diatlov, V. (Ed.). Seredn’ovichni starozhytnosti Tsentralno-Skhidnoi Yevropy. Materialy XIV Mizhnarodnoi studentskoi naukovoi arkheolohichnoi konferentsii (Chernihiv, 17’19 kvitnia 2015 r.) (pp. 10–13). Chernihiv: Chernihivskyi natsionalnyi pedahohichnyi universytet im. T. H. Shevchenka.

Bibikov, D. (2017). Pro hospodars’ku diial’nist’ naselennia davn’orus’koho Vyshhoroda. In Motsia, O. P. (Ed.). Vozviahl‘ – Zviahel’ – Novohrad-Volyns’kyi u chasovomu zrizi tysiacholit’ (pp. 157–169). Kharkiv: Maidan; Kyiv: Starodavnii svit.

Bibikov, D. (2019). Vyshhorod ta yoho okruha v X–XIII st. (Master’s thesis). Instytut arkheolohii NAN Ukrainy.

Chabaj, V. P., Evtushenko, A. I., & Stepanchuk, V. N. (1990). Otchet o rabotakh Dorogozhiczkogo otryada Vyshgorodskoj ekspediczii NPK “Arkheolog” v urochishhe “Gonchary” v g. Vyshgorode v 1990 g. Naukovij arkhіv ІA NAN Ukrainy, f. e., 1990/67.

Cnotlivy, E. (1958). Wczesnośredniowieczne przedmioty z rogu I kości z Wolina, ze stanowiska 4. Materiały Zachodnio-pomorskie, 4, 155–239.

Davidan, O. I. (1966). Staroladozhskie izdeliya iz kosti i roga. Arkheologicheskij sbornik Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha, 8, 103–115.

Diachenko, O. (2018). Znakhidka davniorus’koho hurkala z Chernihova. In Diatlov V. (Ed.). Seredn’ovichni ta rann’omoderni starozhytnosti Tsentralno-Skhidnoi Yevropy: Materialy XVII Mizhnarodnoi studentskoi naukovoi konferentsii (Chernihiv, 13–15 kvitnia 2018 r.) (pp. 40–41). Chernihiv: Natsional’nyi universytet “Chernihivskyi kolehium” im. T. H. Shevchenka.

Dorofeev, V. V., Evtushenko, A. I., Kalyuk, A. P., & Chabaj, V. P. (1989). Otchet ob okhrannykh arxeologicheskikh issledovaniyakh v g. Vyshgorod v 1989 g. Naukovij arkhіv ІA NAN Ukraini, f. e., 1989/194.

Dovzhenok, V. Y. (1950). Ohliad arkheolohichnoho vyvchennia drevnioho Vyshhoroda za 1934–1937 r. Arkheolohiia, 3, 64–92.

Dovzhenok, V. Y. (1952). Rozkopky Drevnioho Vyshhoroda. Arkheolohichni pamiatky URSR, 3, 14–28.

Dovzhenok, V. Y. Honcharov, V. V., & Yura, R. O. (1966). Drevnioruske misto Voin. Kyiv: Naukova dumka.

Flerova (Nakhapetyan), V. E. (2000). Rogoobrabotka v Sarkele–Beloj Vezhe: syre i tekhnologiya. In Vinnikov, A. Z. (Ed.). Evrazijskaya step i lesostep v epokhu rannego srednevekovya (pp. 99–110). Voronezh: VGU.

Flerova, V. E. (1997). Graffiti Khazarii. Moskva: Editorial URRS.

Gajdukov, P. G., & Makarov, N. A. (1993). Novye arkheologicheskie materialy o pushnom promysle v Drevnej Rusi. Novgorod i Novgorodskaya zemlya. Istoriya i arkheologiya, 7, 179–188.

Gorbunov, D. N. (2009). Izdeliya iz kosti i roga Lipinskogo arkheologicheskogo kompleksa. In Plaksin, I. M. (Red.). Aktualnye problemy nauchnogo tvorchestva uchenykh kafedry istorii Rossii. Sbornik nauchnykh statej k 75-letiyu obrazovaniya istoricheskogo fakulteta (pp. 5–20). Kursk: Kurskij gos. universitet.

Gorbunov, D. N. (2011). Kostoreznoe delo naseleniya drevnego Kurska. Uchenye zapiski. Elektronnyj nauchnyj zhurnal Kurskogo gos. universiteta, 3 (19), 2. Retrieved from http://scientific-notes.ru/index.php?page=6&new=21.

Gurevich, F. D. (1981). Drevnij Novogrudok. Leningrad: Nauka.

Hrubý, V. (1957). Slovanské kostené předmety a jejich výroba na Moravé. Památky archeologicke, 48, 118–212.

Hrushevskyi, M. (1904). Dytiachi zabavky ta hry usiaki. Zibrani po Chyhyrynschyni Kyivs’koi huberni. Kievskaia starina.

Huschyna, S. M. (2006). Narodna ihrashka (z arkheolohichnoi kolektsii Bilotserkovs’koho kraieznavchoho muzeiu). Yurivskyi litopys, 5, 129–136.

Ivakin, V. H., & Bibikov, D. V. (2016). Arkheolohichni doslidzhennia v Ukraini davnoruskoho Vyshhoroda. In Boltryk, Yu. V. (Ed.). Arkheolohichni doslidzhennia v Ukraini 2015 (pp. 64–65). Kyiv: Starodavnii svit.

Kabzińska-Stawarz, I. (1991). Games of Mongolian Shepherds. Warsaw: Institute of the History of Material Culture.

Kaliadzinski, L. U. (2006). Kastsianyia vyraby z raskopak dziatsintsa letapisnaga Slutska XII–XIII st.st. Materyialy pa arkhealogii Belarusi, 12, 149–153.

Kaván, J. (1964). Problematika datováni a funkce nĕkterých výrobků z kosti a parohu u slovanů na základĕ nálezů na Sekance u Davle. Vznik a počatky slovanů, 5, 217–249.

Khimiko-termicheskaya obrabotka stali. Retrieved from http://stroy-technics.ru/article/khimiko-termicheskaya-obrabotka-stali.

Kovalenko, V. P., Kazakov, A. L., & Prostantinova, V. V. (1985). Okhrannye raskopki na detincze drevnego Chernigova. Naukovyj arkhіv ІA NAN Ukrainy, f. e., 1985/123.

Kovalenko, V. P., Motsia, A. P., & Shekun, A. V. (1984). Otchet ob okhrannykh rabotakh u s. Shestovytsa Chernigovskoi obl. v 1983–1984 gg., 1. Naukovyi arkhiv IA NAN Ukrainy, f. e., 1984/174.

Krylasova, N. B. (2007). Arkheologiya povsednevnosti. Material’naya kul’tura srednevekovogo Preduralya. Perm: Permskij gos. ped. universitet.

Lencz, G. T. (2002). Kostoreznoe proizvodstvo v Verkhnem Prikame. In Belavin, A. M. (Ed.). Ocherki arkheologii Permskogo Preduralya (pp. 217–242). Perm: Permskij gos. ped. universitet.

MacGregor A., Mainman, A. J., & Rogers, N. S. H. (1999). Craft, Industry and Everyday Life: Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn from Anglo-Scandinavian and Medieval York. The Archaeology of York. The Small Finds, 17/12, 1869–2073.

Miadzvedzeva, V. U. (2008). Khrystsiianskiia relikvii siaredneviakovia (na materyialakh kastsiareznai vytvorchastsi. In Antonyk, V. (Ed.). Bielarus: gosudarstvo, relygyia, obschestvo (pp. 131–137). Minsk: Belarusskaia navuka.

Miadzvedzeva, V. U. (2009). Vyraby kastsiareznai vytvorchastsi z terytoryi polatskai ziamli IX–XIII stst. (tekhnalogiia, typalogiia, khranalogiia). (Avtareferat dysertatsyi k. i. n.). In-t historyi Nats. akad. navuk Belarusi.

Miadzvedzeva, V. U. (2013). Kastsiareznaia vytvorchasts Polatskai ziamly IX–XIII stst. Minsk: Belarusskaia navuka.

Morozov, I. A., & Slepczova, I. S. (2004). Krug igry. Prazdnik i igra v zhizni severorusskogo krestyanina (XІX–XX vv.). Moskva: Indrik.

Motsia, O. P., Kovalenko, V. P., Hotun, et al. (1992). Zvit pro roboty Poliskoho zahonu Dniprovskoi davnoruskoi ekspedytsii v 1992 r. Naukovyi arkhiv IA NAN Ukrainy, f. e., 1992/3.

Mykhailova, R. D. (1991). Osoblyvosti obrobky kistky v Pivdenno-zakhidnii Rusi. Kyiv: Instytut arkheolohii NAN Ukrainy.

Nakhapetyan, V. E. (1989). O znachenii znakov na astragalakh (saltovo-mayaczkaya kul’tura). In Khalikov, A. Kh. (Ed.). Rannie bolgary v Vostochnoj Evrope (pp. 3–89). Kazan: Kazanskij filial AN SSSR.

Pankovskyi, V. B. (2012). Kistiana i rohova industrii doby piznoi bronzy v Pivnichnomu Prychornomori. (Master’s thesis). IA NAN Ukrainy.

Pekarskaya, L. V., & Zoczenko, V. N. (1985). Arkheologicheskie issledovaniya drevnerusskogo Vyshgoroda v 1979–1981 gg. In Tolochko, P. (Ed.). Arkheogocheskie issledovaniya Kieva 1979–1983 gg. (pp. 125–136). Kiev: Naukova dumka.

Rybina, E. A. 1997. Shashki, “melnicza”, shakhmaty. In Kolchin, B. A. (Ed.). Drevnyaya Rus. Byt i kultura (pp. 110–114). Moskva: Nauka.

Sergeeva, M. S., & Kvytnytskyi, M. V. (2010). Izdelyia iz kosty y roga s mnogosloinogo poslenyia Koscheevka-8. In Lysenko, S. D. (Ed.). Arkheolohichni pamiatky Fastovschyny. Materialy ta doslidzhennia (pp. 173–180). Fastiv: Fastivskyi derzhavnyi kraieznavchyi muzei.

Serhieieva, M. S. (2002). Do istorii hry v babky v Kyivs’kii Rusi. Arkheolohiia, 4, 50–58.

Serhieieva, M. S. (2010). Pro deiaki davn’orus’ki pryladdia z kistky ta rohu dlia ihor i rozvah. Drevnosty 2010, 203–220.

Serhieieva, M. S. (2011a). Kostorizna sprava u Starodavnomu Kyievi. Kyiv: KNT.

Serhieieva, M. S. (2011b). Obrobka ta vykorytannia porozhnystoho rohu u Kyivskii Rusi. Arkheolohiia i davnia istoriia Ukrainy, 5, 222–226.

Serhieieva, M. S. (2012). Kostorizna sprava u starodavn’omu Kolodiazhyni. Arkheolohiia, 3, 118–125.

Serhieieva, M. S. (2014). Pro odyn typ seredn’ovichnykh gudzykiv na terytorii Skhidnoi Yevropy. Arkheolohiia i davnia istoriia Ukrainy, 2 (13), 150–158.

Serhieieva, M. S. (2015). Maistry z obrobky dereva ta kistky davnoruskoho mista Voinia. Kyiv; Kharkiv: Maidan.

Serhieieva, M. S. (2016). Davnoruska rizblena kistka z Chornobylskoho horodyscha. Arkheolohiia i davnia istoriia Ukrainy, 3 (20), 152–159.Serhieieva, M. S. (2019). Kostorizne ta derevoobrobni remesla na terytorii Pivdennoi Rusi. (Master’s thesis). Instytut arkheolohii NAN Ukrainy, Kyiv.

Serhieieva, M., & Taranenko, S. (2015). Novi doslidzhennia davnoruskoho kostoriznoho remesla na Kyivskomu Podoli. Naukovi studii, 8, 328–345.

Shovkoplias, H. M. (1971). Davnoruski kistiani vyroby z rozkopok V. V. Khvoiky. In Shevchenko, F. P. (Ed.). Seredni viky na Ukraini (1, pp. 191–195). Kyiv: Naukova dumka.

Smirnova, L. I. (1998). Kostoreznoe remeslo srednevekovogo Novgoroda. (Master’s thesis). MGU im. M. V. Lomonosova, Moskva.

Smirnova, L. I. (1999). Prokolki. Khronologiya i funkczional’noe naznachenie. Novgorod i Novgorodskaya zemlya. Istoriya i arkheologiya, 13, 142–162.

Strelnyk, M. O., Khomchyk, M. A., & Sorokina, S. A. (2009). Hralni kosti (II tys. do n. e. – XIV st. n.e.) z kolektsii Natsional’noho muzeiu istorii Ukrainy. Arkheolohiia, 2, 34–49.

Suprunenko, O. B., Puholovok, Yu. O., Myronenko, K. M., & Sherstiuk, V. V. (2009). Doslidzhennia posadu litopysnoi Ltavy. Instytuts’ka hora, 1. Kyiv, Poltava: IA NAN Ukrainy, Tsentr pam’iatkoznavstva NANU i UTOPIK, TsODPA.

Tropin, N. A. (2004). Selskie poseleniya XII–XV vekov yuzhnykh territorij Ryazanskoj zemli. Voronezh: VGU.

Voinarovs’kyi, V. (2017). Obrobka kistky ta kistiani vyroby yak indykator rivnia sotsial’no-ekonomichnoho rozvytku naselennia Ukrainy I tys. n. e. In Skyba, A. V., & Horbanenko, S. A. (Eds.). Yevropeis’ka arkheolohiia I tysiacholittia n.e. Zbirnyk naukovykh prats’ na chest’ Liany Vasylivny Vakulenko (pp. 63–74). Kyiv: IA NAN Ukrainy.

Wrzesiński, J. (1994). Lednicki przyczynek do znajomości plecionkarstwa. Studia Lednickie, 3, 151–171.

Published

2020-11-17

How to Cite

Sergeeva, M. (2020). CONCERNING THE BONE CARVING IN ANCIENT VYSHGOROD. City: History, Culture, Society, (10 (3), 65–80. https://doi.org/10.15407/mics2020.10.065

Issue

Section

Society and Its Everyday Life