Kulakov, V. I. TRADE ROUTES IN SOUTHEAST BALTIA ACCORDING TO THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS OF THE LATE ROMAN PERIOD // Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2020. Vol. 42. No 2. P. 8–13. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2020.444


Archeology

TRADE ROUTES IN SOUTHEAST BALTIA ACCORDING TO THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS OF THE LATE ROMAN PERIOD

Kulakov
V. I. 		Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Keywords:
southeastern Baltic
fibulae
tribal contacts		 Summary: Fasteners with decorative rings comprise the main archaeological material which enables to restore the trade routes of the late Roman period in the Amber Region. Mapping of these archaeological finds points to Sambia as the undisputed center for the appearance and production of these accessories. Moreover, the location of the groups of these fibulae on the western outskirts of the Baltic world indicates the development of their traditions on the right bank of the Neris River. The routes along which the samples of local craftsperson’ products could be distributed from Sambia, as shown by the mapping of the found fibulae, ran along the waterways. In the VII century, Å4-type fibulae, manufactured in the western part of the Masurian Lake district, started to be brought in exchange for amber (?) to the Lamata and Curonien areas. The period when such fibulae ceased to be used is recorded on the basis of data from the Mazurian burials at the turn of the VIII century. It was the end of the five-hundred-year history of foreign and domestic trade, which was carried on by the Estii and included trading in fibulae – first, from Roman province and then from Sambia.



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