Метою цієї статті є узагальнення матеріалів військового костюма ХVIII ст., які раніше спеці-
ально не розглядалися. Найбільшу колекцію матеріалів ХVIII ст. було отримано під час розкопок
в 2012 р. Деякі матеріали знайдено в 1992 р. та пізніше.
Виявлено пряжки трьох типів. До першого типу можна віднести пряжки, невеликі за розміра-
ми, які напевно використовувалися як деталь взуття. До другого – поясну пряжку з розкопок 1992 р.
Третій тип – це так звані портупейні пряжки, а також дві трипелюсткові бляхи.
Small Khortytsya (Biden) island has always attracted great attention from archaeologists. Since 1990,
the island is regularly examined in expeditions by Khortyckiy National Reserve Association and Protection
of Monuments of History and Culture.
The island contains materials from different époques, including Chalcolithic, the Early and Late Bronze
Age, Early Slavs, Kyevan Rus, the 16th and 18th centuries. In the 18th century, semibastion shipyard Zaporizhzhya
was located in the island.
The purpose of this article is to summarize the military costume material of the eighteenth century,
previously not specifically addressed. The largest collection of the material of the eighteenth century was
obtained during excavations in 2012. Some materials were found in 1992 and later.
Thus, the listed findings fall into separate types. The first type includes small size buckles that were likely
used on shoes. The second one includes belt buckles from the excavations in 1992, similar to the Russian
military costume of the eighteenth century. The third type is represented by so-called belt buckles, those
might include two or three petal sheets.
The works at Hannovka beams uncovered several graves of the Russian-Turkish war of 1736–1739. At
the funeral place No. 3–5 two similar sheets were found. In both cases, these fasteners were found on the
right side of skeletons near the pelvis and knee. Presumably, those were also details of the belt. Possibly
relevant to the belt was a V-shaped brass buckle with two tongues, which was discovered in 1992 in a garbage
filling dug out No. 2. This was found in the remains of military vehicles raised in 1999.
