EARLY MEDIEVAL MILLEFIORI BEADS IN EASTERN EUROPE
Journal: Teoriya i praktika arkheologicheskikh issledovaniy
Year: 2025

The article presents a comprehensive study of early medieval millefiori beads discovered in Eastern Europe. These beads are widely known in the territory of the Merovingian Kingdom, which encompassed Western and Central Europe, and were found in smaller quantities in the territories of Great Britain and Scandinavia. The study is based on millefiori beads from archaeological sites in Eastern Europe (necropolises of Southwestern Crimea, the Caucasus, and Dnieper hoards of the Martynovka type), whi