Novgorod: The Archaeology of a Russian Medieval City and its Hinterland

Abstract

• The papers cover the results of a programme of collaboration between Russian and western European researchers on the archaeology of the medieval Russian city and Hanseatic trading post of Novgorod. In addition to its size, it is famous for the unique preservation of organic and inorganic materials, including streets and buildings. Among the organic artefacts are examples of birch bark letters which indicate widespread literacy amongst the secular inhabitants of the city. The papers cover all aspects of recent research into buildings, properties, artefacts and paleo environmental remains.