EARLY MEDIEVAL HILLFORTS. COMMENTS ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND LIFESPAN OF FORTIFICATIONS BASED ON MODERN RECONSTRUCTIONS IN MODRÁ NEAR VELEHRAD

• Authors: Galuška Luděk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper discusses questions related to the determination of the lifespan and functionality of wood-soil fortifications of early medieval hillforts. The paper builds on our experiences gained during nearly twenty years of observations at the archaeological open-air museum in Modrá near Velehrad in Moravia, Czech Republic. We compare our findings with other archaeological open-air museums and research concerning fortifications. The paper presents older as well as the most recent reconstructions of fortifications built in Modrá between the years 2020 and 2021. Those constructions are then compared with similar fortifications recently reconstructed on the Bojná-Valy hillfort near Topoľčany in Western Slovakia. Finally, we briefly discuss several questions concerning hillforts and their fortifications in the Great Moravian times (9th c.).

Keywords

EN

GREAT MORAVIA; RINGWALL; FORTIFICATION; RAMPART; RECONSTRUCTION

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Journal: Slovenská archeológia (Slovak Archaeology)
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 69
• Issue: suppl 2
• Pages: 449 – 466

Contributors

author

Galuška Luděk

• Moravské zemské muzeum, Centrum slovanské archeologie, Zelný trh 6, 659 37 Brno, Czech Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1374-651X

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/slovarch.2021.suppl.2.44