Published: 2024-11-14

Analysis of early medieval pottery from the site Łozina 17, Wrocław County – an introduction to considerations on the history of settlement in the north-eastern and central part of present-day Lower Silesia in the 10th and 11th centuries

Krystian Chrzan
Przegląd Archeologiczny
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/PA72.2024.3428

Abstract

Thanks to the diligent efforts of archaeologists in the past several years, a thorough examination of the early medieval settlement complex in Łozina near Wrocław has been successfully conducted. This complex comprises a stronghold and surrounding villages. In this article, we present an analysis of pottery from one of the sites located within the aforementioned locality. However, this analysis does not constitute the primary objective of the study. It serves as a starting point for reflections on the mechanisms and course of settlement transformations in the northern and central parts of Lower Silesia in the 10th and 11th centuries. The presence of culturally foreign elements in the later Łozina area has led to the hypothesis of population movements from the basin of the Barycz River. Subsequent waves of migrants from the Łozina region headed southward, and then along the Oder River, both eastward and possibly westward. The migration route was marked by the presence of small ring forts and pottery adorned with zone ornamentation.

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Early Middle Ages, settlement transformations, medieval history of Silesia, migrations, Slavic pottery

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Chrzan, K. (2024). Analysis of early medieval pottery from the site Łozina 17, Wrocław County – an introduction to considerations on the history of settlement in the north-eastern and central part of present-day Lower Silesia in the 10th and 11th centuries. Przegląd Archeologiczny, 72, 153–185. https://doi.org/10.23858/PA72.2024.3428

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