Archeological Expeditions in Rat’kovo

In 1996, expedition of the Sergiev Posad Museum discovered the Rat’kovo ground burial field on Dubna river. It, obviously, belonged to Medieval Finns - murome and merya. It was dated back to the 7th – 9th century and referred to rare burial fields of Djakovo culture. There were found various bronze “noise-making” decorations which were necessary elements of a female costume. The late Medieval collection was formed as the result of the excavations of Radonezh and other Old Russian settlements. There were found traditional 14th – 15th century Moscow clay toy: birds-whistles, horses-rattles - and various fragments of ceramics.