1 Principal geographical features mentioned in the text 35
2 Principal sites mentioned in the text and in the notes 45
3 Butrint (Albania), view towards the southern wing of the Triconch Palace, where blacksmithing was practiced in the 6th century. Photo by the author 52
4 The distribution in the Balkans of 6th- to early 7th-century Late Roman 2 amphorae 59
5 The value of 35 hoard collections from Greece 63
6 Principal sites mentioned in the text and in the notes 66
7 Garvan (Bulgaria), house 89, plan with selected artifacts from the associated assemblage 71
8 Popina (Bulgaria), house 10, plan with selected artifacts from the associated assemblage 73
9 Principal sites mentioned in the text and in the notes 82
10 Cherson(esus), dies for the production of belt mounts. Redrawn after Aibabin (1982a) 85
11 Principal sites mentioned in the text and in the notes 95
12 Morești (Romania), house 13, plan with selected artifacts 100
13 Brno (Czech Republic), male burial found in 1931, with associated artifacts 104
14 Principal sites mentioned in the text and in the notes 114
15 Band (Romania), grave 10 (robbed), plan and associated artifacts 117
16 Principal sites mentioned in the text and in the notes 133
17 Gropșani (Romania), house 17, plan with associated artifacts 135
18 Bernashivka (Ukraine), house 36, plan with selected artifacts 139
19 Principal sites mentioned in the text and in the notes 154
20 Osipivka (Ukraine), house 4, plan and associated artifacts—fragments of handmade pottery, including clay pans. Redrawn after Prykhodniuk (1990) 162
21 Principal sites mentioned in the text and in the notes 171
22 Principal sites mentioned in the text and in the notes 179
23 Principal sites mentioned in the text and in the notes (public domain,
24 Khats’ky (Ukraine), selected artifacts from a hoard of silver and bronze. Source: Bobrinskii (1901), pl. XIV 201
25 Principal sites mentioned in the text and in the notes 207
26 Tushemlia (Russia), plan of the stronghold, with the circular ditch inside. Source: Tret’iakov (1958), 173 fig. 3 215
27 Principal sites mentioned in the text and in the notes 220
28 Mladshii Akhmylovo (Mari El Republic), grave 115, plan and associated artifacts. Redrawn after Nikitina (1999) 225
29 Principal sites mentioned in the text and in the notes. Base map from Freeworldmaps.net (
30 Vis (Komi Republic), plan of the bog excavation of fish weirs with a wood stake and a basket withy, blunt wooden arrow heads and a reconstruction of the sled found in the excavation of the settlement. Redrawn after Burov (1983), Burov (1984), and Burov (1995) 237