page_title: Volyntsevo culture
section_title: Material Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Volyntsevo culture / Material Culture
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Бляшки поясные. Серебро, литье. 1,5 х 1,4 см. Оп. В 2712/6-44. Ременные наконечники. Серебро, литье. 3,5 х 1,5 см. Оп. В 2712/2-3. Бляшки поясные. Серебро, литьё. 1,6 х 3,2 см. Оп. В 2716/61-121. Салтово-маяцкая культура. English: Belt decorations, silver, Saltovo-Mayaki culture.
context_page_description: Volyntsevo culture is the archaeological culture of the early Middle Ages, located between the Dnieper and the Don River rivers. In the west, the territory of the Volyntsevo monuments reaches the right bank of Dnieper in the Kiev area. D. T. Berezovets identified the culture, and named it after the village of Volyntsevo in Sumy Oblast of Central Ukraine, which he excavated in 1948-1950.
context_section_description: Volyntsevo populations built unfortified settlements and lived in semi-dugout type of houses equipped with mud-baked kilns. The dead were cremated, and the ashes were placed in an urn. The population grew millet, wheat, rye, and peas. They used plows to till the land.
  Researchers have noted the presence of a significant amount of artifacts of the Saltovo-Mayaki culture, associated with the Khazar Khaganate. The main marker of Volyntsevo culture is the wheel-made black-glazed ceramics with a high straight upper rim.
  A particular feature of the Volyntsevo culture is the amount of Islamic silver which is found, typically as coin hoards. The sites also often produce large amounts of silver jewellery, more than in other Slavic lands.
  "The Volyntseve culture has been related to the Slavic tributaries of the Khazar Qaghanate, described in the ancient Russian chronicle as Polyane, Severa, Vyatichi, and Radimichi."
caption: Belt decorations, silver, Saltovo-Mayaki culture.
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