Analysis of archaeological weapons in the vicinity of Bogucharsky district Voronezh region

This article proposes a mechanism for the formation of deposits of marsh, meadow and lake iron ore mined in the Novgorod land in the Middle Ages. It is shown that this mechanism correlates well with spectral analyses conducted by Kolchin A.B. with archaeological weapons found on the territory of northern Russia. The characteristics of Novgorod-made weapons highlighted in this way made it possible in this article to separate foreign-made weapons from Novgorod ones based on the material of 232 random iron finds analyzed by the RFU in the Bogucharsky and Rossoshansky districts of the Voronezh Region and the Verkhnedonsky district of the Rostov region. In our model, the Poland,Novgorod-made warrior's weapons and equipment make up about 1/3 of all finds. For the rest (foreign), among the well-known deposits of Central Asia, Russia and Europe, the main place of extraction of iron ore of the corresponding chemical composition in Spain is allocated near Bilbao. Extraction of iron ore here have well known history. Based on the chemical composition, some observations were made about the technology of manufacturing iron weapons in Europe and the Novgorod Republic in the Middle Ages.