Cover illustration: Tripod bowl made of baked clay from the Ostolopovo settlement of the Volga Bulgaria era, c.11th–12th century. Photograph by Konstantin A. Rudenko (2019).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Rudenko, K. A., author.
Title: The archaeology of Volga Bulgaria in the 10th to early 13th centuries / by Konstantin A. Rudenko.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025] | Series: East central and eastern Europe in the middle ages; vol.95 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024045470 (print) | LCCN 2024045471 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004549845 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004679368 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Volga River Region (Russia)—Antiquities. | Bulgars (Turkic people)—Russia (Federation)—Volga River Region—History. | Muslims—Russia (Federation)—Volga River Region—History to 1500. | Funeral rites and ceremonies—Russia (Federation)—Volga River Region | Volga River Region (Russia)—Civilization. | Excavations (Archaeology)—Russia (Federation)—Volga River Region.
Classification: LCC DK511.V65 R8382 2025 (print) | LCC DK511.V65 (ebook) | DDC 305.6/970947409034—dc23/eng/20241031
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024045470
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024045471
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ISSN 1872-8103
ISBN 978-90-04-54984-5 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-67936-8 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004679368
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