{"id":9280,"date":"2026-08-25T13:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/?page_id=9280"},"modified":"2026-08-25T14:52:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T10:52:19","slug":"unique-early-iron-age-pectoral-from-the-southwest-of-bryansk-region-dniepr-desna-interfluve-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/?page_id=9280&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"TEXTILES FROM EXCAVATIONS OF A MEDIEVAL BURIAL GROUND IN KURSK: CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nikolay S. Kurganov<sup>1,2,<\/sup>* and Sergey N. Golovin<sup>3,<\/sup>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><sup>1<\/sup>Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia<br \/>\n<\/em><em><sup>2<\/sup>Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia<br \/>\n<\/em><em><sup>3<\/sup>Kursk State University, Kursk, Russia<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>*E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:nikolai.kurganov@gmail.com?subject=\u041f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e%20\u0441\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e%20\u043d\u0430%20\u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435%20&amp;amp;amp;quot;\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f%20\u0430\u0440\u0445\u0435\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0438\u044f&amp;amp;amp;quot;\" target=\"_blank\">nikolai.kurganov@gmail.com<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><em>***E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:sergei.golovin1992@yandex.ru?subject=\u041f\u0438\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e%20\u0441\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e%20\u043d\u0430%20\u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435%20&amp;amp;amp;quot;\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f%20\u0430\u0440\u0445\u0435\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0438\u044f&amp;amp;amp;quot;\" target=\"_blank\">sergei.golovin1992@yandex.ru<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Keywords: <\/strong>Kursk, Middle Ages, textiles, gold-woven ribbons, gold threads, conservation, restoration, XRF analysis, grave goods.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This article presents the results of the conservation and comprehensive study of textile fragments from a 12th-century AD burial ground found in Kursk for the first time. Parts of gold-woven ribbons, presumably of Byzantine origin, underwent gentle conservation including removing moisture, straightening, cleaning, stabilizing, and strengthening loose gold threads. The use of optical microscopy and XRF analysis allowed for a detailed study of the manufacturing technology of the fabric ribbons and the chemical composition of the gold threads (gold, silver, and copper). Given their location in the burial, it can be assumed that one of the fragments could be identified as a gold-woven collar ribbon, while the other is likely a ribbon from a burial shroud. These findings indicate the use of imported, expensive textiles in Kursk region during the pre-Mongol period, which may indicate the direction of international trade contacts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOI: <\/strong>10.7868\/S3034577426020104<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikolay S. Kurganov1,2,* and Sergey N. Golovin3,*** 1Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia 2Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia 3Kursk State University, Kursk, Russia *E-mail: nikolai.kurganov@gmail.com ***E-mail: sergei.golovin1992@yandex.ru Keywords: Kursk, Middle Ages, textiles, gold-woven ribbons, gold threads, conservation, restoration, XRF analysis, grave goods. This article presents the results of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9093,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9280","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9280"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9315,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9280\/revisions\/9315"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ra.iaran.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}