The most widespread glazed imports of Crimean production and some issues relating to East European trade in the 14th century

• Main Authors: Sergei G. Bocharov, Andrey N. Maslovskiy
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: TAS 2015-12-01
• Series: Povolžskaâ Arheologiâ
• Subjects: the Golden Horde; glazed ceramics; trade; Tana; Сaffa.
• Online Access: http://archaeologie.pro/en/archive/14/242/

The authors examine morphological and technological features and distribution of the four most massive types of glazed closed vessels produced in towns of south-eastern Crimea (Solkhat, Kaffa, Sudak). Starting from the late 13th – early 14th centuries, the Crimean producers of glazed ceramics had reached a far better development compared to other ceramic centers of the Golden Horde. For almost 50–70 years the Crimean glazed ceramics had dominated the whole territory of Eastern Europe. The most common finds are pharmaceutical amphorae, albarello and two types of jars – the stamped jars and the wine jars with a narrow long body. The authors illustrated informational capacities of the analysis of massive finds, which is a good tool to obtain some new historical information, particularly, to study European trade in the best years of the Golden Horde towns. They showed how studying archaeological stuff can substantially complement the written accounts about the trade crisis after the events in Azak (Tana) in September 1343.