2026. no 1. Vadim Maiko
Nomadic antiquities of the 12th–14th from the excavations of N.I. Veselovsky
and Yu.A. Kulakovsky from the funds of Central Museum of Taurida
Vadim Maiko
Institute of Archeology of Crimea of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Simferopol, Russian Federation
Abstract.The article for the first time summarizes information about all finds of the 12th–14th, stored in the funds of Taurida’s Central Museum, received there after the excavations of mounds in the Simferopol region, organized by N.I. Veselovsky and Yu.A. Kulakovsky in the period of 1890–1897. Finds of the Bronze Age, Scythian and Sarmatian times were repeatedly analyzed in the literature. Materials of medieval times related to the Cumans population of the peninsula never became the subject of close attention. Unfortunately, many objects cannot now be compared with a specific excavated burial. Their sketches and photographs during the excavation and after their completion were not made. Many artifacts are fragmentary. The most valuable items from most of the investigated burials were handed over to the Imperial Archaeological Commission and are now stored in the Hermitage. Nevertheless, the proposed publication allows you to partially restore the excavated complexes, make their approximate dating and clearly present the funeral equipment obtained during the research.
Keywords: Taurika; N.I. Veselovsky; Yu.A. Kulakovsky; excavations of mounds; 1890–1897; medieval burials; reconstruction of complexes
For citation: Maiko V.V. Nomadic antiquities of the 12th–14th from the excavations of N.I. Veselovsky and Yu.A. Kulakovsky from the funds of Central Museum of Taurida. Krymskoe istoricheskoe obozrenie=Crimean Historical Review. 2026, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 51–69. https://doi.org/10.22378/kio.2026.1.51-69 (In Russian)
Acknowledgments: I express my sincere gratitude to the employees of the funds of the Taurida’s Central Museum Kokcheeva A.A., Ponomarenko G.D. and the chief curator of the museum Maiko N.B., without whose help the preparation of this article would have been impossible.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Vadim V. Maiko – Dr. Sci. (History), Director, Institute of Archeology of Crimea, Russian Academy of Sciences (2, Academician Vernadsky Avenue, Simferopol 295007, Russian Federation); ORCID: 0000-0003-1065-4836. E-mail: vadimmaiko@mail.ru
Received 20.01.2026
Accepted 16.03.2026
