{"id":333,"date":"2023-12-01T13:57:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T12:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/ukrainian-archaeological-heritage\/?p=333"},"modified":"2023-12-01T13:58:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T12:58:01","slug":"dai4ukr-ceramic-frames-of-the-stove-mouth-interpretation-and-functional-purpose-of-the-early-modern-stoves-in-the-middle-dnieper-region-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/ukrainian-archaeological-heritage\/2023\/12\/01\/dai4ukr-ceramic-frames-of-the-stove-mouth-interpretation-and-functional-purpose-of-the-early-modern-stoves-in-the-middle-dnieper-region-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"DAI4UKR: Ceramic Frames of the Stove Mouth \u2013 Interpretation and Functional Purpose of the Early Modern Stoves in the Middle Dnieper Region (Ukraine)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Archaeological research is not restricted to prehistoric or early historical times. The material culture of the last centuries \u2013 the period that we usually know well from historical sources \u2013 can be also obtained from excavations and provides valuable information about the everyday life in the more recent past. The research focus of Liudmyla Myronenko<\/strong> \u2013 research fellow at the Institute of Archaeology of National Academy of Science of Ukraine \u2013 is on the archaeology of the late medieval and early modern periods. She especially investigates ceramics: tableware and stove tiles. Since 2008, she has participated in archaeological excavations in Baturyn (the early modern capital of the Ukrainian state) and medieval sites in the Chernihiv region. Although field research in Chernihiv region has been partially suspended due to the war, our Ukrainian colleagues do not give up hope and continue to work with museum collections and provide the scientific world with new interesting materials.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fig.\u00a01<\/strong>: Ceramic frame of the stove mouth from Baturyn, Chernihiv region. Excavation by Y.\u00a0Sytyi, 1996 (photograph: Liudmyla Myronenko)<\/sup>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Fig.\u00a02<\/strong>: Ceramic frame of the stove mouth from the Chernihiv V.\u00a0Tarnowsky regional history museum. Chernihiv, excavations by B.\u00a0Rybakov, 1956 (drawing: Liudmyla Myronenko).<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The material culture of the early modern time is one of the least investigated topics of modern Ukrainian archaeology. Due to the limited quantity of written records about the culture and lifestyle of the population of Ukraine in the 17th<\/sup> and 18th<\/sup> centuries, these questions are addressed almost exclusively by archaeological research. During the Soviet era the study of early modern sites was practically not carried out. The objects of that time were not studied, and only the most appealing artifacts entered the museums. The situation changed in the 1990s. And while tableware and stove tiles have caught the attention of scientists due to their decorative appeal and chronological sensitivity, technical ceramics, not least because of the difficulty in attribution, remain outside the scientific discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ceramic frames of the stove mouth are technical ceramic products in the form of arc-shaped plates (Fig.\u00a01<\/strong>), which were placed in the mouth of the stove to strengthen and decorate its structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fig.\u00a03<\/strong>: Ceramic frame of the stoves mouth from the collections of Scientific funds, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Science of Ukraine. Honchari-Kozhumiaky, Kyiv (collection 1249), excavation by H.\u00a0Ivakin, 1989 (drawing: Liudmyla Myronenko).<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Fig.\u00a04<\/strong>: Ceramic frame of the stove mouth from the collections of Scientific Funds, Institute of Archaeology, National Academy of Science of Ukraine. Mykolaivka, Cherkasy region (collection 346), excavation by V.\u00a0Dovzhenok, 1956 (photograph: Liudmyla Myronenko).<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Until now, over 50 similar ceramic frames of the stove mouth have been identified in museum collections. Most of them are fragments, but among the collected material there are edge parts, which have been divided into two varieties: with a flat finish (Fig.\u00a02<\/strong>), which was located at the base of the stove, and central parts with a figured edge cut (Fig.\u00a03<\/strong>). These cutouts served to connect several arches (usually 3\u20134) to create a single arched structure that strengthened the mouth of the stove. Such mouths had a semicircular or subtriangular shape and a height of 30\u201340\u00a0cm, which correlates with the height of typical pots of the 17th<\/sup>\u201318th<\/sup> centuries. Some of the products were decorated with simple ornaments such as floral stamps (Fig.\u00a04<\/strong>), lines, waves, zigzag (Fig.\u00a05<\/strong>), or simply holes (Fig.\u00a01<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fig.\u00a05<\/strong>: Ceramic frame of the stoves mouth from the Lubech, Chernihiv region. Excavation by B.\u00a0Rybakov, 1959 (drawing: Yurii Sytyi & Liudmyla Myronenko).<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Besides the information on the archaeological contexts \u2013 location of the objects and the accompanying ceramic material \u2013 it was possible to obtain further technological details of stove construction. Ceramic frames were used in the design of the 17th<\/sup> century\u2019s dome-shaped clay stoves and even pottery kilns. They were also used in the construction of tile-stoves, as evidenced by their discovery in complexes together with stove tiles. In this case, we can talk about the bifunctional purpose of such a tile-stove: for room heating and cooking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

To date, all finds known to us have come from the Middle Dnieper region and date from the 17th<\/sup> to the middle of the 18th<\/sup> centuries. The closest analogies were found on the territory of Belarus, which may indicate a certain vector of their appearance in Ukrainian lands. The future scientific circulation of these results will allow us to expand our knowledge of the material culture of the early modern time in Ukraine. It will also help to prevent misinterpretation of this unique category of ceramic material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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