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Fortification of the suburb of the Great Moravian stronghold at Mikulčice-Valy

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Hladik M., Hadacz R., Dohnalová A., Šušolová J., Látková M., Kynický J.

Slavia Antiqua: rocznik poświęcony starożytnościom słowiańskim

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2014

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issue 55

67-124

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The aim of the paper is to present the fortification of the suburb of the early medieval central agglomeration of Mikulčice-Valy. Methodically seen, the work is based on three pillars: post-excavation analyses of old documentary materials from fieldwork (GIS, spatial analyses, stratigraphy), modern excavations focused on obtaining as many as possible exact data, and subsequent environmental analyses. Postexcavation analyses of fieldwork documentation from excavations of the fortification in 1960-1977 together with knowledge from the 2012 field research aim to answer three basic questions: original dating of the defensive wall (its origin and demise), description of relics of its functional elements and building reconstruction, and identification of events which induced the build-up and subsequent demise of this structure. The results of analyses performed provide a base for discussion about the hypotheses of chronology and construction of the defensive wall, which were published by Z. Klanica, J. Poulík and B. Kavánová in the second half of the 20th century. In the end the authors present an interpretational model of dating, construction and demise of the fortification in the suburb of the Mikulčice agglomeration.

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Studia nad stratygrafią I poziomami architektoniczno-użytkowymi zamku kruszwickiego

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Pawlak P.

Slavia Antiqua: rocznik poświęcony starożytnościom słowiańskim

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2021

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issue 62

375-397

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The castle in Kruszwica was built after 1343, at the request of Casimir III the Great. The oldest written sources, Kronika by Jan of Czarnków, dates the construction of the castle back to 1350-1355. The castle hosted the seat of the starost, judiciary authorities and a prison. In 1973-1982, the excavations were located in the central and south-western parts of the Castle Hill. In 2007-2008, the archaeological excavations were moved to the crests of the Hill; in 2010-2011 they were located chiefly near the structures of the castle building, still uncovered in 1973-1982. As a result, relics of the castle house were excavated together with several cellar rooms and fragments of the peripheral wall with remains of a gate. Following the results of stratigraphic and architectural analyses, the results of the research into the movable historic material, coupled with the results of 14C radiocarbon dating, four chronological periods have been identified in the history of the castle in Kruszwica: period I – since the mid-14th c. to 1519; period II – after 1519 to 1591; period III – after 1591 to 1657; period IV – after 1657.

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Stratigraphie und Struktur der Uferund Abfallzone des steinzeitlichen Seeuferfundplatzes Dąbki 9, Westpommern

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Kotula A.

Sprawozdania Archeologiczne

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2012

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vol. 64

63-75

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The Stone Age site of Dąbki 9, Pomerania, has provided rich find material with excellent preservation conditions from the waste layers of a lake shore settlement site. The data from the excavations has been stored in a GIS-database to examine spatial relationships. Vertical and horizontal projections of the find material provide insights into the structure of the site. It becomes clear that parts of the former shore zone have been disturbed and can’t provide a reliable stratigraphy. On the contrary, other parts exhibit a better stratigraphical resolution. The examination of horizontal artifact distribution provides information about human impact and other taphonomic processes in the area. These influences on the formation of the archaeological record are briefly discussed.

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Arealogia, stratygrafia i ojkonimiczny krajobraz: punkty przecięcia

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Kupchynska Z.

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska, sectio FF – Philologia

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2019

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vol. 37

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issue 2

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The purpose of the article is to reveal the interconnection of the three close linguistic concepts: arealogy, stratigraphy and the oikonymic landscape. The tasks, due to the purpose, were as follows: 1) to describe the theoretical background of arealogy, stratigraphy, and the oikonymic landscape; 2) to analyze oikonyms (place names) of the 15th century ending in *-j- to illustrate theoretical points. The reference base for the analysis is the diachronic oikonymic material of Ukraine. In the article, the empirical and descriptive methods have been used, which means referring to the little-known oikonymic reference material - the historical-comparative method of onyms analysis. The stratigraphic method involves quantitative characteristics, space localization of geographical names, determining the chronology of oikonyms. By means of the cartographic method the areal of oikonyms of the 15th century ending in *-j- has been studied. So, arealogy, stratigraphy and the oikonymic landscape are connected by one concept – space, i.e. spreading of some phenomenon (in our research these are names of the 15th century ending in *-j-) visualized on the map-chart, which records spreading of the phenomenon (the areal of oikonyms (place names) of the 15th century ending in *-j-) in diachrony (or at some chronological stage – the 15th century (stratigraphy) on the territory of Ukraine; partial landscape, as names ending in *-j- are only a small part of the general oikonymic landscape). It is the map chart that confirms the areal of oikonyms at one of the chronological stages of stratigraphy within territorial boundaries of the oikonymic landscapes (see the map chart).

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Celem artykułu jest ujawnienie powiązania trzech bliskich pojęć językowych: arealogii, stratygrafii i krajobrazu ojkonimicznego. Zadania, ze względu na ich cel, były następujące: 1) opisać teoretyczne podstawy arealogii, stratygrafii i krajobrazu ojkonimicznego; 2) dokonać analizy ojkonimów (nazw miejscowych) z XV wieku kończących się na *-j- w celu zilustrowania punktów teoretycznych. Podstawą analizy był diachroniczny materiał ojkonimiczny Ukrainy. W artykule wykorzystano metody empiryczne i opisowe, co oznaczało odwołanie się do mało znanego ojkonimicznego materiału odniesienia – zastosowano historyczną metodę porównawczą analizy rzeczowników właściwych. Metoda stratygraficzna objęła charakterystykę ilościową, lokalizację przestrzenną nazw geograficznych oraz określenie chronologii ojkonimów. Za pomocą metody kartograficznej zbadano grupę ojkonimów z XV wieku kończących się na *-j-. Tak więc arealogia, stratygrafia i pejzaż ojkonimiczny połączone są jedną koncepcją – przestrzenią, tj. rozprzestrzenianie się jakiegoś zjawiska (w naszych badaniach są to nazwy z XV w. kończące się na *-j-) jest wizualizowane na mapie topologicznej, która rejestruje rozprzestrzenianie się zjawiska (areał ojkonimów (nazw miejscowych) z XV wieku kończących się na *-j-) w diachronii (lub na pewnym etapie chronologicznym – XV wiek (stratygrafia) na terytorium Ukrainy; krajobraz częściowy, gdyż nazwy kończące się na *-j- to tylko niewielka część ogólnego krajobrazu ojkonimicznego). To właśnie mapa topologiczna potwierdza obszar ojkonimów (nazw miejscowych) na jednym z chronologicznych etapów stratygrafii w granicach terytorialnych krajobrazów ojkonimicznych (patrz mapa topologiczna).

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SUMMARYOycomymic landscape is a complex linguistic-historical multicomponent system which we can analyze via stratigraphic method. It is based on the study of oyconymic phenomenon or process in chronological sequence. Geographical names are specific linguistic units which, in addition to lingual and temporal, have territorial parameters. Areas, identified as a result of mapping, become special onomastic text. Arealogy, stratigraphy and oyconymic landscape are connected by one concept – space, and chart respectively, which provides the visualization of the spreading of phenomenon (area) in diachrony (stratigraphy) on the determined territory (landscape).

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Ойконімна ретро- і перспектива Подільського воєводства

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Kupczynśka Z.

Studia Ucrainica Varsoviensia

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2016

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vol. 4

153-173

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The article describes the retro- and perspective of place names in the Podil’s’ke voievodstvo. Studies show that this area belongs to Ukrainian territories settled a very long time ago but because of geographical, social, historical, economic and other reasons this area is represented by the archaic place names of a later period. Derivational stems of place names demonstrate their archaic origins besides their historical ascertainment. The analyzed materials demonstrate that there is a small percentage of place names formed from composite words. This is the evidence that these place names could be lost because of the circumstances: the decline of settlements under the infl uence of anthropogenic factors, the renaming of geographical objects, a change of name because of different language factors (substantivation) and social factors (the change of the formant of the place name when its derivational stem is the same) etc. It is possible that a lot of the archaic place names are not registered in historical sources. In fact, the area of the Podil’s’ke voievodstvo is represented by place names of an archaic type of the 13th century. The amount of place names has increased every century. Some of them have declined but many more place names have been saved upto today.

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Wall paintings from the House of Aion at Nea Paphos

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Jastrzębowska E.

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

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2018

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vol. 27(1)

527-597

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This paper studies a collection of painted plaster fragments excavated between 1984 and 1989 in the northern part of the so-called House of Aion, that is, three small rooms (Nos 3, 13, 14, 15 and 7). The architectural context of these finds and their dating is first recapitulated: the house was constructed in the second half of the 4th century only to be demolished by a strong earthquake at the end of the century or the beginning of the following one. Most of the plaster pieces were small and of little significance in terms of the remaining colors, but a few from Room 7 were sufficiently well preserved to support a reconstruction of parts of five figural images (three muses, Apollo and a mask) and determine their hypothetical position in this room. Parallels, in painting and floor mosaics, range from Ephesos and Kos in the east to Vichen (Luxembourg) in the west. Based on the iIonographic identification, the 4th century AD Muses from Paphos could be recognized as: a standing Thalia holding a mask, a seated Urania and a standing Euterpe with a double flute in her hand, accompanied by Apollo holding a lyre. Together they constituted typical decoration of a Mediterranean Roman house, common from the early Empire through late antiquity.

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W pogoni za oryginałem – palimpsest w malarstwie ściennym. Eksponowanie odkrywek

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Święcka E.

Architectus

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2018

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issue 4(56)

43-52

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W artykule przedstawiono problemy związane z należącym do procesu badań powierzchni architektonicznych odsłanianiem malowideł ściennych. Omówiono też sposób przygotowywania w przeszłości wtórnych powłok przed nanoszeniem kolejnych dekoracji oraz podstawowe zasady postępowania konserwatorskiego. Warstwy stratygraficzne malarstwa ściennego stanowią: murowane podłoże, tynki, pobiały i warstwy barwne. Nie zawsze zdejmowane są wszystkie wtórne nawarstwienia z całej powierzchni oryginalnej dekoracji, czasami wykonuje się jedynie niewielkie odkrywki. Zdejmowanie przemalowań jest prowadzone w ramach prac konserwatorskich, dlatego duża część rozstrzygnięć należy do specjalistów z tej dziedziny. W przeszłości konserwatorzy odsłaniali zwykle w całości zachowaną warstwę najstarszą; późniejsze były po prostu tracone. Dziś istnieje wiele metod konserwacji i sposobów ekspozycji, aby ocalić malowidła pochodzące z kilku okresów historycznych, stworzone na tej samej ścianie. Różne sposoby i formy ich ekspozycji pokazano w artykule na fotografiach. Należy podkreślić, że jednoczesna prezentacja malowideł pochodzących z kilku okresów to głównie kwestia estetyczna. Nie wolno też zapominać, że dekoracja malarska nie tylko jest dziełem sztuki, ale stanowi dokument losów historycznej budowli.

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The article presents problems of revealing of mural paintings which is an integral part of architectural surfaces investigation. The paper also describes different kinds of preparatory layers used in the past as a support for new decorations and general rules of its conservation proceedings. The stratigraphic layers of mural painting are the following: the wall, plasters and renderings, strata of whitewash and polychromes. In some cases only limited parts of authentic paint are presented without removing of all layers added later on the whole decorated surface. Overpaintings are removed in conservation treatment, that is why the conservator is the one to make the most important decisions. In the past conservators used to reveal the oldest existing paint layer; overlapping layers were simply lost. Today there are many solutions and methods of conservation allowing to preserve and expose paintings created on the same wall in different historical periods. The photographs included in the article illustrate different systems and forms of presentation. It should be stressed that parallel presentation of paintings coming from several periods is mainly an aesthetical problem. One should also remember that painted decoration is not only a work of art but also a document of history of the building.

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Barrows from the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age in the Upper Dniester River Basin in Ukraine. Geophysical Research and Archaeological Verification

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Makarowicz P., Cwaliński M., Niebieszczański J., Romaniszyn J.

Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia

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2017

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vol. 12

59-74

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This article evaluates the potential of magnetometry to establish the internal structure of three mounds in the barrow cemetery of Bukivna in the Upper Dniester River Basin in Ukraine.We also evaluate the effects of geomorphological processes on the magnetometric results. The three-stage research method we applied comprises the preparation of a digital elevation model of the mounds, conducting geomagnetic surveys and, finally, targeted excavations, the latter enabling the verification of previously detected magnetic anomalies. In effect our studies show exceptionally complex geophysical anomalies, difficult to interpret with any certainty. In the peculiar case of the barrows 6 and 7 in group I, partly connected by an earthen mantle, the overlapping magnetic fields did not allow the two mounds to be distinguished from each other; it was possible to achieve only through subsequent excavations. In both barrows, a series of ritual and sepulchral structures were discovered that provided clear magnetic signals. The arrangement of the anomalies in the mound 1, group II, potentially reflects various aspects of the barrow’s structure and its state of preservation, beginning with postdepositional processes related to erosion or to the run-off of material down the slope, and ending with the mound’s stratigraphy, formed over the course of two phases. In turn, in the case of mounds 6 and 7, it can be assumed that the effects of these processes have been somewhat “suppressed” in the magnetometric image, due to the strong impact of the burnt wooden structures located underneath the features

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Archaeological excavations at Lungi Tepa, south Uzbekistan. Report for Season 2021

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Damašek L., Daniel P., Kertés S., Shaydullaev S.

Studia Hercynia

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2023

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vol. 27

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issue 2

145-175

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This report summarises the preliminary results of the second season of excavations at the site of Lungi Tepa in the Kugitang Piedmonts, south Uzbekistan. The research was conducted by a Czech -Uzbek team in autumn 2021. The results suggest that the site was settled in the post -Kushan period, the Early and High Medieval period with traces of settlement from the Late Medieval period. Later it was used as a burial ground for the local population. Traces of metal production were found at the site.

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Słów kilka o Mosinie (na marginesie badań archeologicznych przeprowadzonych na mosińskiej starówce w 2011 r.)

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Cicha A., Wawrzyniak P.

Folia Praehistorica Posnaniensia

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2015

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vol. 20

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The archaeological excavations conducted in the spring of 2011 in yard No. 7 in the vicinity of old market at Plac 20 Października (20th October Square) were the first in the history of the town large-scale investigations of residential urban area in Mosina. Late-medieval and modern relics of buildings have been unearthed, and an extremely interesting assemblage of the fifteenth-eighteenth century pottery and small objects of everyday use collected. The absence of materials dating from the fifteentheighteenth- century Middle Ages speaks in favour of the thesis suggested by researchers that Mosina might have been translocated into its present location from neighbouring Niwka.

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Archaeological excavations at Lungi Tepa, south Uzbekistan. Preliminary Report for Season 2019

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Damašek L., Kinaston R., Kramer R., Šmolková M., Pilař D., Shaydullaev S., Stančo L.

Studia Hercynia

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2020

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vol. 24

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issue 1

159-178

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This report summarises the preliminary results of the first season of excavations at the site of Lungi Tepa in the Kugitang Piedmonts, south Uzbekistan. The research was conducted by an international (Czech New Zealand Uzbek) archaeological bioanthropological team in autumn 2019. The excavations focused on obtaining stratigraphic data from the Medieval settlement of Lungi Tepa and uncovering an adjacent burial ground in order to get well dated reference material for future in depth study of the High Medieval chronology of the studied region.

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Badania archeologiczne w 2018 roku obok Soboru Sofijskiego w Kijowie

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Bobrows'kyj T., Sawyc'kyj W., Strychar M.

Studia Lednickie

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2019

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vol. 18

283-303

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The necessity to conduct rescue archaeological research in the area of the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev complex in autumn 2018 appeared due to ground subsidence, which appeared in spring at the distance of 27 meters to the west from the north–west corner of the cathedral — at the place where modern underground constructions 4–5 meters deep from the present ground surface are located. The main aim of the excavations was to examine the cultural layering, expose the damaged section of the underground, create documentation and consolidate it. Works were conducted by the employees of the “Sophia of Kiev” National Sanctuary (Timur Bobrovs’kij, Maksym Strykhar and Volodimir Savits’kij) and they included 20m2 excavation, which was explored up to 3 m deep below the current level of exploitation. Due to the archaeological research, it was possible to explain that the ground subsidence from 2018 was created in the fill of an earlier subsided area, filled with soil and sand in the period from 1980 till the beginning of the 21st century. During excavation works the fill of the subsided area was explored and the adjacent cultural layers were also studied. On the basis of the presented layout of cultural layers and the chronology of the archaeological monuments in connection with other historical sources, it was possible to present stages of the use of this area over the centuries. 1. Skeletal burial found on calc, in the south-east corner of excavation 2m deep from the present level of use, is dated to the early Iron Age. On the pelvis bones a bronze pin in the shape of the shepherd’s rod was preserved in situ. Therefore it is possible to link this object to the representatives of the Milograd culture (the mid-first millennium B.C.). 2. Several storage pits are connected with layers from the Old Russian Age. The historic material which was found in them mainly includes pieces of clay vessels from the 11th–12th c., as well as single pieces of plinfa bricks and cobalt glass, which probably come from St. Sophia’s Cathedral. Two finds come from the cultural layer from the 14th–15th c., which may be connected to the medieval archive of the Kiev metropolis: a leaden bulla from the 12th century with the image of a bust of St. George on one side and the so-called khachar with the initials of Jesus Christ on the other, as well as a semi-product of a leaden bulla, which by comparison to Novgorod analogies can be dated to the 14th–15th century. It seems that between the 11th and 14th century the research area, despite being located near the Cathedral, did not play any significant role, and probably it served storage functions. On the other hand, a relatively high number of “elite” finds from the period of the Middle Ages (bulla and a semi-product to create a bulla, pieces of the imported glassware etc.) suggest that in the Middle Ages in the immediate proximity of the researched area there could have been an important facility, possibly the metropolitan palace building complex from the 11th–14th century. 3. The remnants of a large overground wooden building from the first half of the 18th century were observed in the excavation. It probably had a timbered construction and was built from 15–20 cm wide logs. Pieces of ceramic and glass vessels as well as flakes of the glazed tiles from the end of the 17th–first half of the 18th century come from this fi ll. Their presence indicates that it was a residential building and an outbuilding. Two copper coins — John Casimir groats with “166*” and “1666” dates were explored in this place. This building could have been erected after the fire in 1697 as a monastic flat and probably functioned till the mid-18th century, when a masonry corpus with cells was built in Sophia’s monastery. 4. Later, judging from the observed stratigraphy, the researched area did not have the defined spatial organization and no meaningful objects were located there, which is probably connected with the functioning of a cloister garden in this place. Presently there is a special protective construction over the excavation. In 2019 research will be continued. It will help to specify the chronology of cultural layers, and determine the causes of the destructive processes and prevent further degradation of the underground construction.

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Fortification of the suburb of the Great Moravian stronghold at Mikulčice-Valy

Studia nad stratygrafią I poziomami architektoniczno-użytkowymi zamku kruszwickiego

Stratigraphie und Struktur der Uferund Abfallzone des steinzeitlichen Seeuferfundplatzes Dąbki 9, Westpommern

Arealogia, stratygrafia i ojkonimiczny krajobraz: punkty przecięcia

Ойконімна ретро- і перспектива Подільського воєводства

Wall paintings from the House of Aion at Nea Paphos

W pogoni za oryginałem – palimpsest w malarstwie ściennym. Eksponowanie odkrywek

Barrows from the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age in the Upper Dniester River Basin in Ukraine. Geophysical Research and Archaeological Verification

Archaeological excavations at Lungi Tepa, south Uzbekistan. Report for Season 2021

Słów kilka o Mosinie (na marginesie badań archeologicznych przeprowadzonych na mosińskiej starówce w 2011 r.)

Archaeological excavations at Lungi Tepa, south Uzbekistan. Preliminary Report for Season 2019

Badania archeologiczne w 2018 roku obok Soboru Sofijskiego w Kijowie