Stratigraphy of the Golden Hoard Town of Madzhar. First Observations

Abstract

The paper presents the first stratigraphic scale for the main Golden Horde center in the North Caucasus - the town of Madzhar. The scale has been developed on the basis of materials obtained during the three field archaeological seasons of 2015–2017, during which the Caffa archaeological expedition within the framework of the State Program of the Republic of Tatarstan “Preservation of the national identity of the Tatar people (2014–2021)” founded three excavation areas (XI–XIII), and two trenches in the territory of the settlement. All cultural strata belong to the Golden Horde period in the history of the town of Madzhar. The developed stratigraphic column of Madzhar settlement includes five main strata: I – 20th – early 21st centuries, II – 1380s–1390s, III – 1340s–1370s, IV – 1300s–1330s, and V – 1260s–1290s.

Keywords

• golden horde
• golden horde town of madzhar
• madzhar settlement
• caffa archaeological expedition
• archaeology
• stratigraphy
• cultural strata