Sphero-Conical Vessels from Tsarevskoye Settlement

Abstract

Sphero-conical vessels are a special category of multifunctional tableware often discovered at medieval Volga archaeological sites. The paper examines the main types of sphero-conical vessels found at Tsarevskoye settlement, deposited in the Archaeological Museum of Kazan Federal University, Volgograd Regional Museum of Local Lore and the State Hermitage, as well as a stone mold for making cone-shaped vessels. A review of these items in the context of the study of sphero-conical vessels from other Golden Horde sites makes it possible to establish the peculiarities of their existence at Lower Volga sites.

Keywords

• archaeology
• sphero-conical vessels
• pottery
• stone mold
• golden horde
• tsarevskoye settlement
• 14th century
• honeycomb ornament