Volyntseve Complex of the Early Slavic Settlement Obukhiv 2

Abstract

In the paper the materials of the VIII—IX centuries from the Early Slavic settlement Obukhiv 2 at the territory of the Middle Dnieper are analyzed. At the settlement 9 000 m2 were excavated and more then 100 archaeological objects from the I millenium AD have been explored. The stages of the development of Early Slavs material culture at the Middle Dnieper area are demonstrated. The dwellings, household pits and outdoor fireplaces belong to the Volyntseve phase(VIII—IX c. AD). To this phase the pithouses with log contractions and complicated wattle-and-daub kilns, hand- and weelmade “Volyntseve type” pottery, imported goods from Saltov culture etc. also belong. These materials permit to classify two types of material complexes of this settlement. Both complexes belong to the Volyntseve culture and reflect the stages of its formation and features of development. Complexes of the Obukhiv settlement of the third quarter of the I millenium AD allow us to say that the formation of the main features of the Volyntseve culture could occur on their basis. One can see it in the continuity of the territory settlement, the construction of houses and kilns, the ceramic complex, etc. The Obukhiv settlement, along with a number of Right-Bank Early-Slavic settlements, can be correlated with the annalistic tribe of Polans.