New materials dating to the turn of the 13th–18th centuries from the 2020 excavations of the Zat’matskiy posad in Tver

The paper explores new materials obtained through excavations of the Zat’matskiy posad (suburb) in Tver conducted by the Tver State University archaeological expedition in 2020. The excavations discovered assemblages containing finds from the turn of the 13th–18th centuries. The composition of the earlier finds is identical to that of the assemblage discovered in excavation trench 81: temporal rings, a rhomboid pendant, a bell with a linear slot on the bottom, glass bracelets, bronze plated bracelets and one twisted bracelet, etc. A series of items of personal piety and household goods refer to the 15th– 17th centuries. There are finds that demonstrate characteristics typical of jewelry production in the 15th–16th centuries: a casting mold, a cast baptismal cross, and fragments of wire. Distinctive features of the occupation layer and constructions indicate that the excavated area was located on the periphery of residential and production buildings of the town estates dating to the 13th–14th centuries and the 15th–16th centuries discovered in adjacent excavation trenches 56, 81, and 24. The location of palisade ditches is consistent with the orientation of the estate ensembles in the Zat’matskiy area suggesting that this area was part of the estatestreet layout of the suburb in the 15th–17th centuries, and maybe even earlier