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SOVIET archæologists have recently made interesting discoveries during excavations at the village of Gnezdovo, near Smolensk. The vicinity is a veritable treasure-house of Slavonic monuments; in it are up to 7,000 tumuli, numerous settlements and small towns relating to the first 1,000 years before our era. Excavations have been completed of the central town at Gnezdovo, considered by many archæologists as the original town of Smolensk. An area of 120 square yards was uncovered up to an average depth of 6½ ft. In one half of the excavated area was revealed an ancient Slavonic earthen dwelling place with a stone fireplace and hearth and many utensils. There were found bone, flint and iron implements, and primitive clay pots. Copper articles (clasps and buckles) found there indicate that the dwelling place relates to the middle of the first 1,000 years of our era.
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Excavation at Gnezdovo, U.S.S.R. Nature 146, 489 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146489b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/146489b0