VÝSKUM STREDOVEKÉHO OSÍDLENIA A POHREBISKA V NITRE NA ŠKOLSKEJ ULICI

• Authors: Ruttkay Matej , Ruttkayová Jaroslava

Title variants

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Research of the medieval settlement and cemetery at Školska Street in Nitra

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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The study summarises results of rescue archaeological excavations at Školska Street in the Nitra city centre. We have documented a burial ground fragment established at the turn of the 10th and 11th century and used probably until the turn of the 11th and 12th century. Graves contained mainly pieces of jewellery – S-shaped earrings, bracelets, rings, and pearls from necklaces. We have also found bracelets (woven and bar) indicating that it could be one of the oldest burial grounds with this type of finds in Nitra old town. Pieces of ceramics have been found only in graves. We have also discovered relics of medieval and early modern settlement facilities. 47 features represent four main periods: 9th–10th century, 11th–12th/13th century, 13th–15th century, and early modern period. The study provided a significant discovery, namely that at the turn of the 10th and 11th century, the Great Moravian settlement transformed into a burial ground. The area transformed again into a settlement with a cluster of workshops (bone and antler) sometime in the 13th century however. Since then, the site has been continuously inhabited.

Keywords

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SLOVAKIA; NITRA; ARCHAEOLOGY; SETTLEMENT; GREAT MORAVIA; MIDDLE AGES; BURIAL GROUNDS

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Journal: Študijné zvesti
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 64
• Pages: 179 - 200

Contributors

author

Ruttkay Matej

• Archeologický ústav SAV, Akademická 2, 94921 Nitra, Slovak Republic

author

Ruttkayová Jaroslava