Translated by Zuzana Heiden and Matúš Benkovič.
In 'Mikulčice and Its Hinterland', Marek Hladík presents an archaeological model of social and economic relations in Great Moravia, which is built on an analysis of the settlement structure near one of the most significant centres of Great Moravia, the Mikulčice-Valy agglomeration. The book offers the first systematic and conceptual view of Mikulčice’s relations with its economic hinterland. The author uses multidisciplinary research to interpret and understand the importance of the natural environment for the landscape settlement strategy, and to understand the relations between the fortified centre and its rural surroundings. Important methodological tools used by the author to answer the examined questions include non-destructive archaeological research, statistical modelling, and spatial analyses in the GIS environment
Author(s): Marek Hladík
Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450–1450, 61
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 386
City: Leiden
Preface
Acknowledgments
Illustrations
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Theoretical and Methodological Rationale, Research Aims
2.1. Theoretical Rationale of Research
2.2. Research Method
2.3. Object Aims of Research and Tested Hypotheses
Chapter 3. Structure of Work and Research Methodology
3.1. Definition of Terms
3.2. Research Procedure
3.3. Functional Aims of Research
Chapter 4. Settlement and Structure of Settlement—Definitions and Limitations
4.1. The Structure of Time—Time Limitation
4.2. Spatial Structure—Geographical Setting of the Studied Area
4.3. Functional Structure
Chapter 5. Natural Environment (Eco-parameters)
5.1. Natural Environment and Evidence for Land Use
5.2. Hydrology
5.3. Geomorphology
5.4. Geology and Pedology
5.5. Vegetation
5.6. Climate
Chapter 6. Settlement of the Basin on the Middle Course of the Morava River during the Early Middle Ages—General Model (Tested Hypotheses) and the First Preliminary Model
6.1. History of Research
6.2. State of Research and Source Basis
6.3. General Model (Tested Hypotheses)
6.3.1. River Basin of the Middle Morava
6.3.2. Hinterland of Mikulčice
6.3.3. The Surrounding Area of the Sudoměřice-Hrúdy and Skalica-Kalvária Hillforts
6.3.4. Myjava River Area
6.3.5. Communications
6.3.6. Hypothesis of the Concentration of Settlements in the Broader Hinterland of Central Places
6.3.7. Hypothesis on the Shrinking and Differentiation of the Settlement Network in the 9th Century and Its Collapse in the 10th Century
6.3.8. Hypothesis on the Influence of Some Ecoparameters on the Structure of the Settlement Network
6.4. The First Preliminary Model
6.4.1. Model Characteristics
6.4.2. Procedure of Model Development
6.4.3. The Final Model
Chapter 7. The Settlement in the Southern Part of the Lower Morava Region during the Early Middle Ages (Testing of Models)
7.1. Phase I of Field Activities
7.1.1. Methodology
7.1.2. Results
7.2. Archaeological Data and the First External Testing of Prediction Models
7.3. Phase II of Field Activities
7.3.1. Methodology and Results
7.4. Research in the Northern Záhorie Region
7.4.1. Methodology
7.4.2. Results
Chapter 8. The Southern Part of the Lower Morava Region during the Early Middle Ages — Syntheses, Interpretations and Models
8.1. Data Synthesis
8.2. Interpretation of Results
8.3. Research Results, Discussion, Settlement as a System and Narrative Model
8.3.1. Discussion
8.3.2. The Economic Hinterland of the Centre as the System or a Narrative Model
Chapter 9. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
