Materials from the Muran Burial Ground in the Collection of the Ulyanovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore

Abstract

The paper addresses the formation history of a collection of materials from the Muran burial ground of the Golden Horde period in the funds of the Ulyanovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore. The burial ground, located at Samara Luka, was first explored in the late 19th – early 20th century by Simbirsk archaeologist V. N. Polivanov. The museum collection includes about 400 archaeological finds from the Muran burial ground. The paper contains information about individual categories of grave goods. A number of products from non-ferrous metals were produced by craftsmen who lived in Muran ancient village. Stone casting molds found at the settlement and in one of the burials can serve as evidence of local production. The main portion of the archaeological finds from the Muran burial ground dates back to the second half of the 13th – 14th centuries and has analogies among the materials of the synchronous Mordovian burial grounds of the Middle Volga region.

Keywords

• archaeology
• middle volga region
• golden horde
• muran burial ground
• v. n. polivanov