Artefacts from Medieval Bulgaria Related to the Material Culture of the Golden Horde

Deyan Rabovyanov; Iliyan Petrakiev

Artefacts from Medieval Bulgaria Related to the Material Culture of the Golden Horde

Authors

Deyan Rabovyanov Branch Veliko Tarnovo, National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 29A Ivan Vazov St., 5000 Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6814-3807
Iliyan Petrakiev Regional museum of history - Veliko Tarnovo, 38 Ivan Vazov, Veliko Turnovo, Veliko Turnovo 5000, Bulgaria https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1185-957X

Keywords:

battle knifes, Golden Horde

Abstract

The paper discussed knifes with specific design of handle found in the territory of the Second Bulgarian Tsardom. They belong to the material culture of the Golden Horde and testify its influence on warfare and military fashion of Medieval Bulgaria during 13th–14th c. AD. Probably most of this artefacts are imports in Second Bulgarian Tsardom although can be proposed and presence of local imitations.