Saltovo-Mayaki Provincial Byzantine Culture of the Crimea
Journal: Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 4 Istorija Regionovedenie Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija
Year: 2018

The material culture of Byzantium throughout the entire period of existence of the empire consisted of a number of the provincial Byzantine cultures. This is also true for material cultures of border territories of Byzantium which could not be a part of the state, but were exposed to the Byzantine cultural and economic influence. Taurika acted as such territories in the 8 th -9 th centuries. During this period the Crimean option of Saltovo-Mayaki archaeological culture was widespread in its east