The Stronghold on St. Peter’s Hill in Radom (Poland). Archaeology, Biography of the Place, and Practices of Memory

• Authors: Trzeciecki Maciej
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The stronghold called St. Peter’s hill in Radom is located in the centre of the city, in an area severely degraded by the side effects of 19th- and 20th-century industrialisation. The archaeological excavations and paleoecological research carried out in 2009–2013 created a background for studying its complex past and designing the future. The biography of St. Peter’s hill encompasses the early medieval power centre, late medieval urbanisation, nineteenth-century industrialisation, subsequent degradation of material and human resources, and present revitalisation projects. This place is far more than an archaeological site or even a part of archaeological heritage. It is a unique cultural landscape, which emerged as a result of long-lasting mutual relations between man and nature. Its materiality constitutes an inalienable cultural capital, indispensable for the reconstruction of local identities and communities of memory

Keywords

EN

Radom; stronghold; archaeology; memory; revitalisation

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Rzeszowski. Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego. Muzeum Okręgowe w Rzeszowie
• Journal: Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 13
• Pages: 309–332

Contributors

author

Trzeciecki Maciej

• Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Solidarności 105, 00-140 Warsaw, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

DOI : 10.15584/anarres.2018.13.15