Early Medieval History

Le monde funéraire en Péninsule Ibérique pendant l’Antiquité tardive, étais jadis perçu comme un refuge exclusif où il était possible de visualiser la présence des élites associées à des populations ‘étrangères’, désignées comme ‘germaniques’ et/ou barbares, à travers certaines sépultures qui seraient la preuve d'une prétendue filiation ‘ethnique’. Maintenant, cependant, les traditionnellement appelées ‘nécropoles wisigothiques’, sont considérées comme un exemple incontestable des espaces funéraires correspondant majoritairement à des ‘communautés paysannes’. Il est, cependant, peu convaincant attribuer aux individus inhumés avec certains éléments d’habillement personnel un origine exclusivement endogène.  Nous sommes en désaccord avec cette interprétation des données archéologiques, car, à notre avis, il est nécessaire de tenir aussi en compte de l'existence de 'facteurs exogènes' pour expliquer pourquoi il y a un changement dans les types et les formes des dépôts funéraires caractéristiques des inhumations associées aux élites de l’Antiquité Tardive. À notre avis, on mélange ici deux questions différents : d’une part, l’identité socio-politique des individus inhumés et, d’autre part, l’analyse per se des rites et des coutumes funéraires. Si nous voulons étudier le monde funéraire en Péninsule Ibérique sans a priori nous devons laisser de côté les ‘étiquetés’ avec un haute contenu interprétatif : ‘nécropoles du Douro’, ‘wisigothiques’, ‘hispano-wisigothiques’ ou ‘byzantines’. Nous devons commencer, tout d’abord, par une analyse fondée exclusivement sur les données fournies par le registre archéologique. Nous croyons que les rites et les coutumes funéraires sont un élément assez représentatif des changements et des continuités pour permettre d’établir des types en fonction des caractéristiques et des variations observées dans le rituel funéraire du Ve et du VIe siècles. Faire des rites, actes et coutumes funéraires le fil conducteur pour l'étude des cimetières de l’Antiquité Tardive en Péninsule Ibérique, empêche que la type-chronologie des objets soit le seul indicateur qui détermine la lecture des transformations et des persistances dans le monde funéraire hispanique. Évidemment, cette variabilité dans les dépôts et rites funéraires, évidence par le registre archéologique, devrait être aussi expliqué dans son contexte sociale, politique et économique, donc historique. 

" Call for papers
 
Light in the Religions of the Book:
A Multidisciplinary Approach
 
At the University of Balamand  (Lebanon)
December 13, 14, 15,  2013


International conference organized by the University of Balamand, the Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée and the Institut français du Proche-Orient.

Scientific board:
Julie Bonnéric, PhD candidate at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE, Paris) and researcher at the Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo)
Levon Nordiguian, researcher at the Université Saint-Joseph (USJ) and director of the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory
Nadine Panayot, researcher and director of the Department of Archaeology and Museology at the University of Balamand
Bruno Paoli, director of the Department of Medieval and Modern Arab Studies  of the Institut français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo)
Nicolas Reveyron, professor at the Université Lumière-Lyon 2 and director of  the Laboratory Archeométrie et archéologie (UMR 5138, Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée)

Working languages: French, English, Arabic.
 
If light is a valuable tool for the development of buildings, it also meets the requirements of practical and functional needs.  Beyond its purely aesthetic role, it is indeed a way to delineate the space and to organize its occupation by defining spatialities and temporalities adapted to the functions of the building.
 In order to assess the significance of spatial and temporal dimensions of light, a cross-reading of architectural, archaeological, textual and iconographic sources might be particularly fruitful. The theme of light which, somewhat complex, constitutes a privileged entry point not only to the study of man's relationship to space and the sacred, but also to the development – within or between monotheisms – of influences, exchanges, ruptures, continuities and legacies.
 The goal of the conference is to explore the theme of light in the East and in the West, during the Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, in a transdisciplinary perspective and within five thematic panels :
 
Luminous spatialities
In buildings, space can be punctuated by the design of luminous geographical patterns: the play of shadow and light, the nature of light penetration, or specific aesthetic treatments of light (such as stained glass or perforated lanterns), are different ways to highlight particular areas or parts of them. In a religious building for example, spaces dedicated to devotion can bathe in a twilight conducive to meditation, whereas spaces dedicated to profane activities are often subject to strong lighting, designed to ensure visual comfort for the occupants.
 
Luminous temporalities
As the occupation of space is closely related to the management of lighting, whether natural or artificial, produced light must adapt to the activities taking place in the building. And as these activities periodically change, light can also vary over time, both in quantity and in quality. Some events, such as town festivals or princely events for example, lead to the creation of a special luminous atmosphere and can occasionally become a source of a proliferation of lights which was well described by a number of visitors.
 
Symbolism of light
This panel will be devoted to a study of the theological and symbolic aspects of light. This basic literary theme is particularly present in Judaism, in Christianity and Islam, in the holy scriptures themselves as well as in religious, liturgical and poetical writings. These three religions thrive on a founding opposition between light and darkness - God creating a world of light and Revelations helping men out of the darkness of impiety. As a matter of fact, light, as a symbol of knowledge and perspicacity, is closely associated with the divine, of which it might be either the sign or the instrument. Artificial light, as well as natural light, can thus become meaningful and bear a meaning which escapes the uninitiated.
 
Icons, frescoes and mosaics
The light emitted or entering the building is a key element in the setting of parietal designs, whether icons, frescoes or mosaics. Their development, their location and, possibly, their iconography should take the lighting factor into consideration.
 
Sources, experimental archeology and technology
 The last panel will be dedicated to the techniques in use for the study of light as an archaeological fact. Traditional sources (architectural, archaeological, iconographic and textual) are reinforced nowadays by experimental archeology and by new technologies such as 3D  modeling or photometry. These tools allow us to replicate the conditions of artificial lighting and to render different lighting atmospheres.
 
Proposals should be sent before June 30, 2013 at the following address: colloquelumiere2013@gmail.com, in the form of a summary which should not exceed 300 words. The appliant will specify in which of the five panels his paper is supposed to take place.
 Accommodation for participants will be supported for the duration of the conference (the nights of December 12, 13 and 14), the closure being scheduled for December 15 at 12:30.

Appel à contributions 
La lumière dans les religions du Livre :
une approche pluridisciplinaire
 
À l’université de Balamand (Liban)
Les 13, 14 et 15 décembre 2013

دعوة للمشاركة

: النور في الأديان السماوية
مقاربات متعددة

في جامعة البلمند ـ لبنان
أيام 13، 14 و15 كانون الأول 2013
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"""Archaeologist, Teacher, Friend. Nicolai Telnov’s Anniversary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

MONOGRAPH INSIDE THE JOURNAL
N. V. Zhilina (Moscow, Russia). Stamped Jewel Attire Reconstructed Based on Old Rus Hoards of 10th — 13th Centuries (from the ornamental stamping to the emblem of the princely power). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
V. Ivanišević (Belgrad, Serbia), M. Kazanski (Paris, France). Justinian’s Heruli in Northern
Illyricum and Their Archaeological Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
N. D. Russev (Kishinev, Moldova). North-Eastern Possessions of the First Bulgarian Kingdom in 7th—10th cc.: History and Burial Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
A. V. Kurbatov (St.-Petersburg, Russia). Raw materials for leather crafts, technical means
for leather processing and assortment of leathers in Mediaeval Rus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

JEWELLER’S CRAFT
A. G. Shpilev (Kursk, Russia). Adornments of Romny Time from Kursk Oblast
(second half of 8th — late 10th cc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Y. V. Stepanova (Tver’, Russia). Temple Rings from Ancient Russian Rural Archaeological Sites in the Upper Volga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
S. S. Ryabtseva (St.-Petersburg, Russia — Kishinev, Moldova), N. P. Telnov (Kishinev, Moldova). A Hoard from Alcedar and Centers of Jewellery Industry in Eastern Europe in late 9th — early 11th Centuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
А. Boldureanu (Kishinev, Moldova). The Byzantine and Islamic Coins from Alcedar Hoard . . . 301

ARCHAEOLOGY OF REPRESENTATIONS
Y. V. Mysko, S. V. Pyvovarov (Chernivtsi, Ukraine). Finds of Knives with Curls on the Handles in the Region of the Upper Prut and the Middle Dniester . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 309
I. Berdzenishvili (Tbilisi, Georgia). Early Christians in Abkhazia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
List of Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
References Transliterated from Cyrillic into Latin Alphabet 329
Requirements to contributions to Stratum plus. 345

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AD GLORIAM 

Р. А. Рабинович (Кишинев, Молдова), С. С. Рябцева (Санкт-Петербург, Россия — Кишинев, Молдова)
Археолог. Учитель. Друг. К юбилею Николая Петровича Тельнова 15

МОНОГРАФИЯ В ЖУРНАЛЕ 

Н. В. Жилина (Москва, Россия)
Тисненый убор по древнерусским кладам X—XIII вв. (от орнаментального рифления до эмблемы княжеской власти) 23

ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ И ПУБЛИКАЦИИ 

В. Иванишевич (Белград, Сербия), М. Казанский (Париж, Франция)
Герулы Юстиниана в Северном Иллирикуме и их археологические следы 147
Н. Д. Руссев (Кишинёв, Молдова)
Северо-восточные владения Дунайской Болгарии VII—X вв.: история и погребальные памятники 159
А. В. Курбатов (Санкт-Петербург, Россия)
Кожевенное сырье, техническое обеспечение его выделки и сортамент кож средневековой Руси 169

ЮВЕЛИРНОЕ ДЕЛО 

А. Г. Шпилев (Курск, Россия)
Украшения роменского времени из Курской области (вторая половина VIII — конец X вв.) 221
Ю. В. Степанова (Тверь, Россия)
Височные кольца из древнерусских сельских памятников Верхневолжья 275
С. С. Рябцева (Санкт-Петербург, Россия — Кишинёв, Молдова), Н. П. Тельнов (Кишинёв, Молдова)
Алчедарский клад и центры ювелирного производства Восточной Европы конца IX — начала XI вв. 285
А. Болдуряну (Кишинёв, Молдова)
Византийские и исламские монеты из Алчедарского клада 301

АРХЕОЛОГИЯ ПРЕДСТАВЛЕНИЙ 

Ю. В. Мысько, С. В. Пивоваров (Черновцы, Украина)
Находки ножей с волютообразными навершиями в Верхнем Попрутье и Среднем Поднестровье 309
И. Бердзенишвили (Тбилиси, Грузия)
Раннее христианство в Абхазии 317

ДОПОЛНИТЕЛЬНАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ 

Список сокращений325
References Transliterated from Cyrillic into Latin Alphabet327
Требования к материалам, предоставляемым в редакцию журнала «Stratum plus»
Требования 341"