Published: 2023-12-27 — Updated on 2023-12-27

The function of the “hut with a barrel” (feature 1/62) from the Kalisz-Zawodzie stronghold: an ethnolinguistic approach

Dorota Cyngot
Archeologia Polski
Section: Methods and methodology
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/APol68.2023.002

Abstract

The article showcases the use of methods of the ethnolinguistic Linguistic Worldview (LWV; Polish acronym JOS) approach in archaeology by applying them to a functional analysis of Feature 1/62 excavated at the early medieval Kalisz-Zawodzie stronghold site. This feature, 4.2 m by 3.9 m in size, built of pinewood beams (the trees having been cut down between 990 and 1050 A.D.), was filled with animal bone remains, potsherds and numerous, often damaged, artifacts of wood, metal, leather and glass. The ethnolinguistic reconstruction of the home concept was deemed useful for the interpretation of this feature in view of its relation to one of the key elements of material culture, which is at the same time an universal value, namely, a building for human habitation. Archaeological interpretations of this feature in the literature as a “hut with a barrel” or “hut of the comes”, confronted with functional attributions as a well or cult object, constitute the premise for such use of the home concept.

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Poland, early medieval period, Kalisz-Zawodzie stronghold site, “hut with a barrel”, ethnolinguistic approach, Linguistic Worldview (LWV), home concept, functional analysis, well, ritual object

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Cyngot, D. (2023). The function of the “hut with a barrel” (feature 1/62) from the Kalisz-Zawodzie stronghold: an ethnolinguistic approach. Archeologia Polski, 68, 43–67. https://doi.org/10.23858/APol68.2023.002

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