From central places to power domain. Development of Early Medieval landscape on Middle Elbe and Lower Cidlina

0396720 - ARÚ 2014 RIV DE eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Mařík, Jan
From central places to power domain. Development of Early Medieval landscape on Middle Elbe and Lower Cidlina.
Zentrale Orte und zentrale Räume des Frühmittelalters in Süddeutschland. Mainz: Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, 2013 - (Ettel, P.; Werther, L.), s. 217-233. RGZM - Tagungen, 18. ISBN 978-3-88467-212-9. ISSN 1862-4812.
[Zentrale Orte und zentrale Räume des Frühmittelalters in Süddeutschland. Bad Neustadt an der Saale (DE), 07.10.2011-09.10.2011]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA404/08/1696
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z80020508
Institutional support: RVO:67985912
Keywords : central places * Early Medieval * settlement structure * Libice
Subject RIV: AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology

This paper focuses on settlement development of a 135km2 micro-region on the middle Elbe and lower Cidlina. This region was influenced by two significant urban centres at Libice nad Cidlinou and at the site of the modern town of Kolín. Particular attention is paid to smaller fortified settlements (Hradišťko u Kolína, Oldříš and Kolín-Hánín) and their functions. Two significant turning-points can be observed in the development of the settlement structure. The first occurred at the end of the 9th century when settlement agglomerations at the site of Libice nad Cidlinou and the modern city of Kolín appeared. Middle and lower ranking central places with handcraft and trade activities in Oldříš, Hradišťko and Kolín-Hánín emerged in the Late Hillfort Period (950-1200 AD). These sites probably were centres of some lower importance. The discovery of a hierarchic settlement structure has opened several issues which focused on historical background when this transformation occurred, manifestations of emerging structures of the Early Mediaeval states and their reflections in archaeological sources.
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