The rise of medieval towns and states in East Central Europe : early medieval centres as social and economic systems /
This book is a contribution to efforts to understand the transformation that took place across the European continent, and in particular East Central Europe, during the second half of the first millennium. Its goal is to draw conclusions primarily on the basis of the archaeological evidence from imp...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2010.
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Colección: | East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ;
v. 10. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Methodology; 2.1 The Archaeological Method; 2.1.1 Depositional and post-depositional processes; 2.1.2 Archaeological records in formal space; 2.1.3 The archaeological record in geographic space; 2.2 Systems Theory in Archaeology; Chapter Three Pohansko near Breclav a Preliminary Model; 3.1 The History of Research at Pohansko; 3.2 The source base and the current state of research; 3.3 Pohansko near Breclav-preliminary interpretation models.
- Chapter Four Excavation in the Forest Nursery at Pohansko4.1 Settlement Features from the Forest Nursery-Analysis and Synthesis of their Formal Structure; 4.1.1 Sunken-floored settlement features; 4.1.2 Above-ground settlement features in the Forest Nursery; 4.2 Chronological Framing of the Settlement in the Forest Nursery; 4.2.1 Relative chronology-analysis and synthesis of the formal structures of pottery assemblages; 4.2.2 Absolute chronology-dendrochronology; 4.3 Artefacts other than Pottery from the Forest Nursery-Analysis and Synthesis of the Formal Structures.
- 4.3.1 Analysis of artefacts other than pottery and a formalized descriptive system4.3.2 Synthesis of the formal structures from the assemblages with artefacts other than pottery; 4.3.3 Validation of formal structures; 4.3.4 Spatial arrangement of formal structures; 4.3.5 Interpretation; 4.4 Graves from the Forest Nursery; 4.4.1 Analysis of graves and the formalized descriptive system; 4.4.2 Synthesis of the formal structures of the graves; 4.4.3 Validation of formal structures; 4.4.4 Spatial distribution of the graves; 4.4.5 Interpretation.
- 4.5 Spatial Structure of the Settlement in the Forest Nursery and the Dynamics of its Development in the Context of the Settlement-planning Concept of the Early Medieval Centre at Pohansko4.5.1 Spatial structures in the Forest Nursery at Pohansko; 4.5.2 Validation of the spatial structures; 4.5.3 Interpretation; Chapter Five The Early Medieval Centre as a System; 5.1 System Definition; 5.2 The Population and Settlement Subsystem; 5.3 The Subsistence Subsystem; 5.4 The Craft Technology Subsystem; 5.5 The Social Subsystem; 5.6 The Projective and Symbolic Subsystem.
- 5.7 The Trade and Communication Subsystem5.8 System Inputs and Outputs; 5.9 The Multiplier Effect in Action and the Interaction Between the Subsystems; Chapter Six The Early Medieval Centre Models and Interpretation; 6.1 The Munitio Model; 6.2 The Palatium Model; 6.3 The Emporium Model; 6.4 Model Comparison and Interpretation; Chapter Seven Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.