Published: 2020-12-16

A hillfort complex in Myślibórz in the Sudety Mountains

Ewa Anna Lisowska , Sylwia Rodak
Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
Section: Field Survey and Materials
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/72.2020.2.1733

Abstract

The Myślibórz Gorge, located within the Kaczawy Foothills, is well-known to environmentalists and scholars studying the past. The investigations launched in the 1990s made it possible to determine the chronology of three of the archaeological sites in this area. In 2018, two hillforts – on the Kobylica and Golica hills – were investigated. Czech literature classifies such hillforts as the ostrožna-type. The excavations of these hillforts made it possible to establish to date them between the 9th and 10th centuries.
The hillforts were located on hilltops with similar altitudes above the sea level, less than 200 m from each other. Such a spatial arrangement made it possible to control the gateway to the Myślibórz Gorge from the north-east. Reasons for developing a defensive system in the southern part of the gorge are obscure, as is the role that two other early medieval hillforts played in it. Was it simply a warning system, or rather part of a comprehensive network of defensive sites?

Keywords:

Early Middle Ages, hillforts, mountain archeology, Sudetes, blacksmith production, landscape archeology

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Lisowska, E. A., & Rodak, S. (2020). A hillfort complex in Myślibórz in the Sudety Mountains. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 72(2). https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/72.2020.2.1733

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