Publication details
Raně středověké centrum na Pohansku u Břeclavi a jeho přírodní prostředí
| Title in English | Early Medieval centre at Pohansko near Břeclav and its natural environment |
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Archeologické rozhledy |
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| Field | Geology and mineralogy |
| Keywords | Pohansko near Breclav; early Middle ages; Great Moravia; natural environment; archaeology; geology; paleontology |
| Description | The study summarizes the latest results of the interdisciplinary research conducted by the Masaryk University at Pohansko near Břeclav, one of the most significant Early Medieval centres in the core area of the Great Moravian Empire (9th century AD). It brings data on the natural environment as collected within the 2005-2006 study of the local fortification. A special attention was given to Quaternary deposits of geological origin and buried soils. Within a palynological study, samples from 3 sections in a profile across the fortification and from 5 boreholes in its neighbourhood were analysed. Provenance of the building stone was studied using petrographic methods. The Pohansko Early Medieval centre is described as a complex cultural system significantly shaped by inputs from the ambient environment (such as variations in water regime in the flood plain). At the same time, this system acted in the other directionby its outputs (e.g., large-scale deforestation of landscape). |
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