Ebook: Inter Ambo Maria: Contacts between Scandinavia and the Crimea in the Roman Period: Collected Papers

It was October of 2010 when the conference entitled “Inter Ambo Maria: Contacts between Scandinavia and
the Crimea in the Roman Period” was held in the Crimea, in Gaspra village. It was initiated by the Department of
Commerce, Transport and Cultural Affairs of Vest-Agder County Council (Norway), “Heritage of Millennia” Non-
Profitable Foundation for History and Archaeology, National Taurida University (Simferopol, Ukraine), and Maria
Curie-Skłodowska University (Lublin, Poland). Archaeologists of nine states met each other in the Crimea. The con-
ference naturally resulted in the publication of this volume presenting revised papers by its participants.
The selection of the conference topic was absolutely logical. As it was reckoned years ago, the movement of the
Goths and other Germanic tribes from Scandinavia to the Black Sea opened the way for contacts between two oppo-
site parts of Europe. These contacts reflected in various categories of artefacts common to Northern Europe and the
Black Sea area. Distribution maps of several types of artefacts have been compiled to indicate a definite diagonal line
with one end in Scandinavia and another end in the Crimea. Concrete routes of the Germanics from Scandinavia to
the Black Sea have also been reconstructed.
Despite of successes achieved, many problems related to contacts between Northern Europe and the north Black
Sea area still remain unstudied or investigated insufficiently. In order to come closer to the solution of such problems,
the conference was called and this volume is published.