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Cultural-historic development in the north-western Bohemia and Saxon-Elbe valley in Early Middle Ages: case studies from ceramics production and fortification architecture
Kotková, Martina ; Sláma, Jiří (advisor) ; Macháček, Jiří (referee) ; Štefan, Ivo (referee)
Univerzita Karlova v Praze Filozofická fakulta Ústav pro pravěk a ranou dobu dějinnou Historické vědy - pravěká a raně středověká archeologie Martina K o t k o v á Kulturněhistorický obraz severozápadních Čech a saského Polabí v raném středověku: na příkladě hrnčířství a fortifikačního stavitelství Cultural-historic development in the north-western Bohemia and Saxon-Elbe valley in Early Middle Ages: case studies from ceramics production and fortification architecture Disertační práce vedoucí práce - Prof. PhDr. Jiří Sláma, CSc. 2012 Abstract The thesis deals with the comparison of early medieval archaeological material from both sides of the Ore Mountains, in north-western Bohemia and Saxony (Saxon Elbe valley) respectively. Main period of interest is from 9th to 10th century. In the part that deals with the early medieval ceramics, the emphasis is put firstly on the evaluation of current state of the art and then on interpretation of new mineralogical- petrographic and geochemical analyses of the ceramics known as the Zabrušany type. For the detailed study there were selected 45 fragments of this ceramic type from 5 Saxon and 3 Bohemian sites. Unfortunately, it is not possible to recover the origin of the vessels, which are quite uniform in their appearance, basing solely on a comparison of their...
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The axe in the Early Middle Ages as a tool, weapon and symbol of the social status
Orgonášová, Ľudmila ; Sláma, Jiří (advisor) ; Štefan, Ivo (referee)
The topic of this thesis is processing of finds of early medieval axes from areas of Moravia and Bohemia, based on accessible publications and is fully supported by this processing in a mater of crafting, but mainly in a matter combat and symbolic use of this versatile tool. The aim of the thesis is to introduce the reader to basic types of Slavic axes, their manufacturing and occurrence in particular localities, but mainly with the context of discovery circumstances and its interpretation with the relations to life of early medieval man. In a small extent, a statement of existing iconographic and written sources is used, mainly in questions that are not sufficiently known from archeological finds and situations.
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Use of the Horse in the early Middle ages
Dostálová, Kateřina ; Sláma, Jiří (advisor) ; Štefan, Ivo (referee)
Thesis "The use of horses in the early Middle Ages," discusses the relationship between horses and humans in early medieval Bohemia and Great Moravia. The relationship of humans and horses has deep roots and can take various forms, this work sees this relationship in terms of archaeological finds and analyse this relationship with the Avars, Old Magyars and mainly by Slavs. The author emphasizes the description of the components of harness and the importance of spurs, addresses the issue of eating horsemeat and finally gives an overview of locations with the findings of horse bone fragments.
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Christianization of early medieval society in the view of the movable archeological sources
Dvořáková, Nikola ; Štefan, Ivo (advisor) ; Sláma, Jiří (referee)
The presented text deals with a process of Christianization with taking account of informative value of archaeology. Movable archaeological artifacts generally connected with Christianity are paid particular attention. These objects were divided into two groups: Group I - artifacts primarily linked to Christianity, Group II - artifacts with practical or decorative function carrying Christian theme. One category of objects was chosen from both the groups (Group I - hanging crosses, Group II - Strap end) and analysed. At the end a contribution towards knowledge of the process of Christianization is evaluated.
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Early medieval settlement in Cheb-region
Hasil, Jan ; Štefan, Ivo (referee) ; Klápště, Jan (advisor)
The presented work devoted to the problematic of early Middle Ages' settlement of Cheb region does not represent the first work on the given subject. The nationalistic context of the time left its mark on studies by R. Turek, E. Šimek, and partly even A. Hejna from the 50th and 60th of the last century as well as on older German publications (to the history of research see capture 2). It is the reason of author's acceptation of the given topic without preconceived ethnically schemes.
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The acropolis of the hillfort in Libice on Cidlina, its character, structure and dating
Tomanová, Pavla ; Sláma, Jiří (advisor) ; Štefan, Ivo (referee)
The B.A. thesis deals with the issue of settlement development on the acropolis of the Early Medieval hillfort at Libice nad Cidlinou. Main part of the work consists of analysis and evaluation of the "trench S" that was excavated in the year 1950, and whose results have not yet been analyzed in detail. Essential part of this work is dedicated to analysis of the colection of finds and to methodology of processing the data obtained during this old archaeological excavations. On the basis of the analysis results, taking the latest results of non-destructive research into consideration, this thesis opens discusion regarding the theories of Rudolf Turek concerning the settlement development of the acropolis. So far, Turek's theories have not been discussed in detail. In its close, this B.A. thesis is supplemented with comparative overview of settlement areals and their forms attested both on Czech- and Great Moravian hillforts that share similar characteristics with the hilfort at Libice nad Cidlinou.
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The early mediaeval fortifications with a frontal stone mantle in Central Europe
Kos, Luděk ; Štefan, Ivo (referee) ; Sláma, Jiří (advisor)
The presented work deals with the fortification with a frontal stone mantle in the area of Central Europe. It summarizes the current state of research with regard to the extension of the phenomenon, construction knowledge and chronological and cultural aspects. It also treats of some methodological problems in study of fortifications. The type in question was widely used in the Early Middle Ages in the Frankish area as well as in the Slavic one, the construction differences of the fortifications with a dry laid stone wall represent various manners of their usage reflecting territorial traditions. The Frankish origin of this fortification type is probable based on chronological reasons, historically attested contacts and influences on other parts of Slavic architecture and the lifestyle of the elite.
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The selected issues of the early middle-ages burial places
Štefan, Ivo ; Klápště, Jan (advisor) ; Ruttkay, Alexander (referee) ; Urbanczyk, Przemyslaw (referee)
I. Introduction. The dissertation paper contains four separate studies dealing with the topíc ofburials in the Early Middle-Ages. The paper's focus is the Czech Early Middle-Ages environment, however, in all studies the author tried to integrate the Czech evolution into the Central Europe context. The contents of particular chapters is the following: II. The change in burial rites in the early middle ages as an issue for archeology and cultural anthropology. The frrst part is aimed at the crucial change which took place in the course ofthe 9th century involving the handling ofthose who died- the cremation is altemated with burials of non-bumt bodies. On the basis of the oldest skeleton graves analysis the author comes to the conclusion that the above mentioned change in the Czech environment happed somewhat later than has been generally considered until now and therefore, its historical context should be re-assessed, as well. Next parts ofthe section try to capture the burial rite change as a cultural phenomenon accompanying in a series ofEuropean areas the initial steps of the integration of traditional "gentile" societies into the structures of the Medieval Europe which was being formed. The aim of the comparison of several better knowable regions was to outline the scope of the variability of causes and...
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The selected issues of the early middle-ages burial places
Štefan, Ivo ; Klápště, Jan (advisor) ; Ruttkay, Alexander (referee) ; Urbanczyk, Przemyslaw (referee)
I. Introduction. The dissertation paper contains four separate studies dealing with the topíc ofburials in the Early Middle-Ages. The paper's focus is the Czech Early Middle-Ages environment, however, in all studies the author tried to integrate the Czech evolution into the Central Europe context. The contents of particular chapters is the following: II. The change in burial rites in the early middle ages as an issue for archeology and cultural anthropology. The frrst part is aimed at the crucial change which took place in the course ofthe 9th century involving the handling ofthose who died- the cremation is altemated with burials of non-bumt bodies. On the basis of the oldest skeleton graves analysis the author comes to the conclusion that the above mentioned change in the Czech environment happed somewhat later than has been generally considered until now and therefore, its historical context should be re-assessed, as well. Next parts ofthe section try to capture the burial rite change as a cultural phenomenon accompanying in a series ofEuropean areas the initial steps of the integration of traditional "gentile" societies into the structures of the Medieval Europe which was being formed. The aim of the comparison of several better knowable regions was to outline the scope of the variability of causes and...
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