У статті подається попередня інформація про
нові знахідки скарбів раннього середньовіччя (кола
Мартинівки), що були виявлені за останній час
на теренах Сумської області. Донедавна на цій
території були відомі лише два подібні комплекси — Нижня Сироватка і Великі Будки. Однак за
останній час їх кількість значно збільшилася. Частина з них потрапила до музейних установ Сумської області.
This paper contains the information about new finds
of hoards of the early Middle Ages (Martynivka circle),
which were discovered recently in the Sumy region.
Until recently, only two similar assemblages were
known in this area — Nyzhnya Syrovatka (fig. 1) and
Velyki Budky (fig. 2).
However, recently their number has increased significantly.
Some of them got to the museum institutions
of Sumy region (fig. 10).
In 2011, the Shevchenkove hoard was transferred to
the Putivl State Historical and Cultural Reserve. The assemblages
contained the decoration of women’s and men’s
clothing and a number of household and handicraft items.
In recent years, Mykilske (fig. 3: A), Myropillya
(fig. 4) and Pozhnya (fig. 5), Mohrytsya (fig. 6) and
Kamyanka hoards have been transferred to the Sumy
Regional Museum of Local Lore. Parts of finds from
the Rusanivka (fig. 7) and Mala Rybytsya assemblages
were transferred to this museum also.
Some of the finds from the First Parkhomivka and
Dobryanske — Sydorova Yaruha hoards, and almost
the entire Second Parkhomivka hoard, have been
transferred to the Trostyanetsky Museum and Exhibition
assemblage.
Preliminary archaeological research has been carried
out at the site of some of the assemblages. As a
result of these works, it was possible to find out quite
accurately the location of the Mykilske (fig. 3: B; 8: A;
9: 1), Pozhnya and Parkhomivka hoards. Similar finds
have been recorded in the prospect trench. The exact
location of the Mogritsky assemblage has not yet been
determined. Although archaeological research has
been in the microregion (fig. 8: B—G; 9: 2, 3).
All newly discovered assemblages described above
belong to the hoards of Martynivka circle. Jewelry from
their composition dates from the second half of 6th —
the end of 7th century. And «concealment» occurs in the
middle — third quarter of 7th century. The appearance
of treasures is connected with the military-political
tribal association of Slavs in the Middle Dnieper and
the Dnieper Left Bank. The archaeological equivalent
of this formation could be parts of the carriers of the
Penkivka and Kolochyn cultures.
Further research of the hoards is planned in the following
areas: 1) survey of the sites and the surrounding
area to more accurately determine the ethnocultural
situation; 2) analysis of jewelry from the composition
of assemblages; 3) attempt to reconstruct the outfit;
4) conducting research on the elemental composition of
things with the involvement of modern nuclear-physical
research methods; 5) compiling a catalog of early
Slavic monuments in the Sumy region and writing a
general ethnocultural history of the region. Work in
these areas has only just begun.
