MOSCOW, June 3. A rare detail of a spear and arrowheads of the 14th century that belonged to participants in the Battle of Kulikovo was discovered by archaeologists at the Kulikovo Field State Museum-Reserve in the Tula region, the museum’s press service reported.
During exploratory field work, his search party at the site of the Battle of Kulikovo for the first time found an inlet – an element of a spear that was mounted on the back of the shaft and made it possible to stick the spear into the ground, creating a stop, and thereby helping to hold back the blow of the enemy cavalry, said the head of the archaeological research department State Museum-Reserve “Kulikovo Field” Evgeny Stolyarov.
Another find was two iron stalked arrowheads. The first – oval-elongated – is traditional for archers of the era of the Battle of Kulikovo, and the second is an armor-piercing type and is considered rarer. As the expert explained, such tips were intended to accurately hit a warrior, piercing chain mail or plate armor.
“To discover one relic of the 14th century, you have to shovel tons of soil, sifting out tens of kilograms of metal debris that has nothing to do with 1380. In this regard, each new find has enormous scientific, cultural and sacred value. These relics, for example, help detail the scale of the battle, as well as expand the categories of weapons used during the battle,” Stolyarov said.
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He stressed that the weapons elements were found on the southern periphery of the battle's epicenter, which once again confirms the correctness of the previously made conclusions about the site of the clash and allows us to somewhat expand the search area.
According to the expert, the finds have already undergone initial conservation. After complete restoration, they will be transferred to the museum funds and presented in the relics hall of the Kulikovo Field museum complex.
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