River archaeology and the search for a harbour in Mikulčice

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

River archaeology and the search for a harbour in Mikulčice

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Early medieval Mikulčice (Moravia, Czech Republic) used to be a prominent centre of Great Moravia. This 9th century AD power-political centre of the western Slavs was situated north of the central part of the River Danube. A typical characteristic of Great Moravia was the positioning of its main power centres in the floodplain of two great rivers, the Morava and Thaya. The centres were island strongholds built on hillocks above the rivers or between the many distributaries. The Mikulčice settlement agglomeration was originally located on several river islands. The fortified core of the agglomeration was protected by a continuous ring of - nowadays silted up - river channels. In the backfill of these distributaries, under the level of underground water, wooden constructions, anti-erosion barriers, palisades, and other water constructions were excavated. The wooden finds discovered during the excavations of the riverbeds provide a wider picture of the material culture of the Great Moravian centre and are absolutely unique in this area. Mikulčice is the only archaeological site in the Czech Republic where river archaeology has been employed systematically. Several large-scale excavations of riverbeds were conducted between 1964 and 1984. Revision and additional excavations of »riverbed 1« were conducted in 2012. At present, the evaluation of older excavations is carried out. As a tributary of the Danube, the River Morava was of significant geopolitical and economic importance to Great Moravia and the Mikulčice power centre. The importance of this transport and trade route is evidenced indirectly by written sources. The existence of navigation on the River Morava in the 9th century AD is a matter of course, it is evidenced by archaeological finds from Mikulčice, such as boats / logboats and paddles. It is highly likely that a river harbour in the area of the power centre existed in the 9th century AD. From among the areas of the Mikulčice river distributaries excavated so far, »riverbed 2« can be considered a likely location. The sluice gate and the adjoining protected area inside the stronghold do not rule out such an interpretation. The verification of this hypothesis depends on a future complex post-excavation analysis of the »riverbed 2« excavation area.

Název v anglickém jazyce

River archaeology and the search for a harbour in Mikulčice

Popis výsledku anglicky

Early medieval Mikulčice (Moravia, Czech Republic) used to be a prominent centre of Great Moravia. This 9th century AD power-political centre of the western Slavs was situated north of the central part of the River Danube. A typical characteristic of Great Moravia was the positioning of its main power centres in the floodplain of two great rivers, the Morava and Thaya. The centres were island strongholds built on hillocks above the rivers or between the many distributaries. The Mikulčice settlement agglomeration was originally located on several river islands. The fortified core of the agglomeration was protected by a continuous ring of - nowadays silted up - river channels. In the backfill of these distributaries, under the level of underground water, wooden constructions, anti-erosion barriers, palisades, and other water constructions were excavated. The wooden finds discovered during the excavations of the riverbeds provide a wider picture of the material culture of the Great Moravian centre and are absolutely unique in this area. Mikulčice is the only archaeological site in the Czech Republic where river archaeology has been employed systematically. Several large-scale excavations of riverbeds were conducted between 1964 and 1984. Revision and additional excavations of »riverbed 1« were conducted in 2012. At present, the evaluation of older excavations is carried out. As a tributary of the Danube, the River Morava was of significant geopolitical and economic importance to Great Moravia and the Mikulčice power centre. The importance of this transport and trade route is evidenced indirectly by written sources. The existence of navigation on the River Morava in the 9th century AD is a matter of course, it is evidenced by archaeological finds from Mikulčice, such as boats / logboats and paddles. It is highly likely that a river harbour in the area of the power centre existed in the 9th century AD. From among the areas of the Mikulčice river distributaries excavated so far, »riverbed 2« can be considered a likely location. The sluice gate and the adjoining protected area inside the stronghold do not rule out such an interpretation. The verification of this hypothesis depends on a future complex post-excavation analysis of the »riverbed 2« excavation area.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60102 - Archaeology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Inland harbours in Central Europe: Nodes between Northern Europe and the Mediterranean Sea

ISBN

978-3-88467-318-8

ISSN

1862-4812

e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

179-189

Název nakladatele

Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums

Místo vydání

Mainz

Místo konání akce

Dijon

Datum konání akce

1. 12. 2016

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

EUR - Evropská akce

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