MACHÁČEK, Jiří. Great Moravian Central Places and their Practical Function, Social Significance and Symbolic Meaning. In Ettel, Peter; Werther, Lukas. Zentrale Orte und Zentrale Räume des Frühmittelalters in Süddeutschland. Mainz: Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, 2013, p. 235-248. ISBN 978-3-88467-212-9.
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Original name Great Moravian Central Places and their Practical Function, Social Significance and Symbolic Meaning
Authors MACHÁČEK, Jiří (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Mainz, Zentrale Orte und Zentrale Räume des Frühmittelalters in Süddeutschland, p. 235-248, 14 pp. 2013.
Publisher Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums
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Original language English
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Field of Study Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology
Country of publisher Germany
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/13:00066342
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
ISBN 978-3-88467-212-9
ISSN 1862-4812
Keywords in English archeology; Great Moravia; central places; Early Middle Ages
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
This paper focuses on practical function, social significance and symbolic meaning of early medieval central places from the East-Central Europe, in particular from the area of so-called Great Moravia, which was a important (pre-)state formation on the eastern periphery of the Frankish Empire. It is argued that the vast local agglomerations were not mere military forts, but very complex centres – genuine civitates or urbs of Moravian Slavs as they are mentioned in Royal Frankish Annals. Only rarely can we identify the settlements known from Carolingian written sources with specific places. Although the majority eludes localization, we assume that the place names given in the written sources refer to some of the rich archaeological sites explored by archaeologists over the last 50 years in the Czech Republic. The most important ones are Mikulčice, Staré Město and Pohansko near Břeclav.
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GAP405/12/0111, research and development projectName: Mezi Velkou a přemyslovskou Moravou. Archeologie kolapsu a oživení raně středověké společnosti
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Between Great and Přemyslid Moravia. The Archaeology of the Collapse and Recovery of Early Medieval Society
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