Title:

The Early Iron Age elite and their seat in the South West Poland. A case study of the Milejowice site 19, Wrocław district

Subtitle:

Przegląd Archeologiczny T. 56 (2008)

Creator:

Bugaj, Ewa ; Kopiasz, Jarosław

Publisher:

Instytut Archeolgoii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Wrocław

Date issued/created:

2008

Description:

ill. ; 29 cm

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

emergence of elite ; Early Iron Age ; south western Poland ; new settlement pattern ; Milejowice site 19 ; Wroclaw district ; Hallstatt culture

Abstract:

The paper discusses the emergence of elite within the Early Iron Age society in south western Poland taking under consideration evidence from recently discovered settlement called Milejowice site 19, partly fenced with palisade-like circular constructions. Another Silesian distinctive settlement Stary Sleszow and analogy from adjacent regions (Bohemian new discovered fortified courtyard - "Herrensitz" Opatovice nad Labem), as well as the just unearthed burial area in Silesia with richly furnished chamber graves (Domaslaw, Wroclaw district) support the authors view of visible deep social transfor¬mations and emergence of aristocracy in south western Poland, especially in the Hallstatt C period. New archaeological finds allow seeing that the discussed elite absorb cultural influences from the east via mid-Danube and from the south through the Alpine passes and adapt the Mediterranean ideas to its own social needs. In the conclusion the authors suggest that discussed region of Poland in the light of recent discoveries can be recognized not only as highly influenced by the Hallstatt culture but as a province of it

Relation:

Przegląd Archeologiczny

Volume:

56

Start page:

101

End page:

115

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

0079-7138

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. P III 149 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P III 272 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P III 353 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Ministry of Science and Higher Education ; Activities popularizing science (DUN)

Access:

Open