По въпроса за някои ранносредновековни пръстени от територията на съвременна България по данни от затворените комплекси

On the question of some early medieval rings from the territory of modern Bulgaria based on data from closed complexes

Abstract

At the end of the 1990s and the beginning of the new century, based on the more precise chronology of already published cemeteries from the Rhodopes and the valley of the Mesta River, the group „Ablanitsa-Tuhoviste“ was delineated. By its nature, it possesses the main features of the „Komani-Krue“ culture. Based on the chronology of the grave finds and its characteristics, an earlier date has been proposed for some of the graves from the „Ablanitsa-Tuhoviste” group: 7th - early 9th c.

The rings found in the redated graves from the Rhodopes and the valley of the Mesta River can be classified into the following types: rings with a pentagram engraved on the plate, rings with an eagle engraved on the plate in a heraldic pose, hoop rings with rectangular cross-section, decorated with a zigzag line, often with the „circles with central dot“ ornament; rings with a rectangular plate, decorated with a „circles with central dot“ element. Analysis of the materials shows that their spread begins no later than the 9th century, but examples from earlier graves are also known. Data from closed complexes allow their use even in the 11th c.

Analysis of the complexes south of the Stara Planina shows the presence of a small number of graves that can be dated to the 10th c.. They combine early types of earrings with later materials (glass bead strings, bracelets). They show the transition from a set that includes six earrings, three on each side, sometimes caught in a hairstyle adornments and earring like pendants (the so called naushnitsi type), several rings, metal walnut-shaped beads, and a small number of glass beads to a set of multiple metal and glass bracelets, found in graves with a large number of glass beads. The ring as a piece of jewelry continues to be used, but less frequently and usually only one instead of the earlier complexes where two to four rings are more common. More importantly, the graves with materials from the two types of costumes show continuity between the different generations using the cemeteries of the „Ablanitsa-Tuhoviste“ group.