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Pot-shaped tiles of the 15th–16th centuries from excavations in Smolensk
- Authors: Krenke N.A.1,2, Ershov I.N.3, Raeva V.A.4, Stolyarova T.V.5
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Affiliations:
- Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS
- Institute of Geography RAS
- Institute of Archaeology RAS
- Independent researcher
- Smolensk State Museum-Reserve
- Issue: No 2 (2025)
- Pages: 157-163
- Section: TO THE 80th ANNIVERSARY OF A.V. CHERNETSOV
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0869-6063/article/view/306349
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869606325020111
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/iqzgbg
- ID: 306349
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Abstract
The article discusses finds of pot-shaped tiles in the territory of Smolensk from the 1970s to the present. It is established that Smolensk tiles have similarities in both lines of pot-shaped tile evolution traced through the finds in Belarusian castles; the two lines originating from the common root. The period of existence of such tiles is determined within the 15th–16th centuries AD. It is assumed that Smolensk was part of the distribution zone of this product type. The authors also suggest that pot-shaped tiles characteristic of spreading Western «stove fashions» can serve as an important cultural marker distinguishing the material world of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from its eastern neighbour.
About the authors
N. A. Krenke
Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS; Institute of Geography RAS
Author for correspondence.
Email: nkrenke@mail.ru
St. Petersburg, Russia; Moscow, Russia
I. N. Ershov
Institute of Archaeology RAS
Email: ershovin@yandeax.ru
Moscow, Russia
V. A. Raeva
Independent researcher
Email: veraraeva@mail.ru
Moscow, Russia
T. V. Stolyarova
Smolensk State Museum-Reserve
Email: anasazi03@inbox.ru
Smolensk, Russia
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