Egorov А. V., Kharin P. А. Archaeological Work at the Kotelnich Hillfort in 2023

Andrey V. Egorov
Scientific and Production Center for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites of the Kirov Region
Kirov, Russia
E-mail: general882007@yandex.ru
ORCID: 0009-0003-9627-4873

Pavel A. Kharin
Center for Historical and Archaeological Research of the Kirov Region
Kirov, Russia
E-mail: pashkah83@mail.ru
ORCID: 0009-0006-8615-8176

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UDC 902.2(470.342)
DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2024-3-4-86-109

ABSTRACT. The article describes the preliminary results of rescue archaeological work at one of the oldest Russian sites in the Vyatka region — the Kotelnich hillfort, carried out in 2023 during the gasification project along Staroe Gorodishche Street. Seven small excavations were laid and explored on the site with a total area of 13.15 m, in which, after a complete study of the cultural layer, gas equipment was installed to lay a gas pipeline to private households located on the monument. A general description of the excavations is given. Despite the limited area of the work, new information was obtained about the stratigraphy of this rather complex site. The set of finds is characterized. The rescue work reflected different periods in the history of the early core of the town of Kotelnich — the Kotelnich hillfort. In one of the excavations, a section of a wet cultural layer was discovered. In another excavation, a section of the Kotelnich burial ground of the 16th–18th centuries was discovered and described. A preliminary description of the ceramic complex was separately conducted, and the results of the technical and typological analysis were presented. The collection of ceramic ware is both the most widespread and the most important source for the description of the urban cultural layer, but since the early 1990s, this category of finds has not received due attention in publications dedicated to Russian sites of the Vyatka region. A rather archaic technology for the production of ceramic ware, typical of this site, is preliminarily shown. Certainly, the research at the Kotelnich hillfort represents scientific novelty and interest for further research.

KEYWORDS: Kotelnich hillfort, rescue archaeology, ceramic complex, 13th–19th centuries.

For citation: Egorov А. V., Kharin P. А. [Archaeological Work at the Kotelnich Hillfort in 2023]. Istoriko-geograficheskiy zhurnal [Historical Geography Journal], 2024, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 86–109. DOI: 10.58529/2782-6511-2024-3-4-86-109 (In Russian).

Received 1 August 2024
Accepted 12 December 2024

© 2024 The Authors

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