Agriculture in the forest-steppe region of Khazaria / / by Volodymyr Koloda, Serhiy Gorbanenko ; translated by Maryna Sergeyeva.

• Superior document: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; 66
• VerfasserIn: Koloda, Volodymyr,; Gorbanenko, Serhiy,
• TeilnehmendeR: Gorbanenko, Serhiy,; Sergeyeva, Maryna,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; 66.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

In this book, Volodymyr Koloda and Serhiy Gorbanenko discuss the important role of agriculture in the socio-economic development of the Khazar Khaganate and its influence on neighboring peoples. Drawing on the methods of the natural sciences (such as palaeobotany, archeozoology, soil science, palaeo...

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• List of Illustrations
• Introduction
• 1 Historiography and History of Research
• 1 The Research Area and Its Ethnic and Cultural Characteristics
• 2 History of Research in the Region
• 3 Research of Basic Sites
• 2 Methods of Interpreting the Agricultural Material
• 1 General Analysis of Agriculture
• 3 Natural Conditions and Resettlement Areas
• 1 Natural Conditions
• 2 Settlements
• 4 Arable Farming
• 1 Tools for Primary Soil Tillage with the Use of Draft Animals
• 2 Auxiliary Tools for Soil Tillage
• 3 Palaeobotanical Data
• 4 Tools for Harvesting
• 5 Crop Storing
• 6 Crop Processing
• 5 Animal Husbandry
• 1 Animal Bones
• 2 Tools for Animal Husbandry
• 3 Livestock Maintenance
• 6 The Khazars and their Neighbors: a Comparative Analysis, in Lieu of Conclusions
• 1 Zones around Settlements
• 2 Arable Farming
• 3 Animal Husbandry.