Ю.В. Степанова

EARRINGS FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES OF THE UPPER VOLGA OF THE XIV–XVIII CENTURIES

Authors

Ю.В. Степанова

Keywords:

jewelry, women's dress, earrings, question mark shaped earrings, Russians, Upper Volga region, archaeology, 14th –17th centuries

Abstract

The article describes the finds of earrings of the 14th-18th centuries from the excavations of the archaeological sites located in the basin of the Upper Volga. On the basis of the design, two groups of earrings are distinguished: a single construction (question mark shaped earrings) and a composite construction (earrings with suspensions of various shapes). Within the groups, types of earrings are distinguished by the features of the shape and decor of the suspension. The jewelry with a short and elongated rod; made of uniform wire and with elongated rod made of thin wire are among the question mark shaped earrings. The jewelry with suspensions in the form of rods (lids, doubles), earrings-“golubtsy”, earrings with shield and volumetric figured suspensions are distinguished among the earrings of the composite costruction. A chronology of the individual finds is given. The analogies have been identified in the pictorial material of the 14th–19th centuries. It has been suggested that the question mark shaped earrings with an elongated rod of thin wire can date from the second half of the 16th – early 17th centuries. In women's dress, the earrings could be worn in two ways: in the ears and suspended from the headdress

EARRINGS FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES OF THE UPPER VOLGA OF THE XIV–XVIII CENTURIES