TY - JOUR AU - Wadyl , Sławomir PY - 2018/12/16 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Recent Developments in the Archaeology of the Pomeranian-Prussian borderland in the Early Middle Ages. The case of the settlement complex in Węgry, northern Poland JF - Sprawozdania Archeologiczne JA - Spraw. Arch. VL - 70 IS - SE - Articles DO - 10.23858/SA70.2018.010 UR - https://journals.iaepan.pl/sa/article/view/2200 SP - 203-225 AB - <p>Between the late 8<sup>th</sup> and the turn of the 12<sup>th </sup>and 13<sup>th</sup> centuries territories eastern of the lower Vistula valley represented a borderland between eastern Pomerania and Prussia. The frontier area was a zone generally uninhabited at least until the turn of the 8<sup>th</sup> and 9<sup>th</sup> centuries. Since then colonization from both sides (Pomeranian and Prussian) started. Significant changes in the colonization of the investigated area may be dated back to the 11<sup>th</sup> century, when a large settlement complex in Węgry was established. The centre developed approximately in the mid-11<sup>th</sup> century in the area between Żuławy Wiślane and the Iława Lake District, on the east bank of the Nogat river. For at least seven decades, with its military, economic, trade, political and administrative functions, it was the most important culture-generating East Pomerania-related centre situated to the east of the lower Vistula river. Undoubtedly the stronghold in Węgry had a central function within Pomeranian territories situated to the east of the lower Vistula river. The paper discusses new research on the issue of the making of the Pomeranian-Prussian borderland, and especially on the significance of the settlement complex in Węgry and its role in the cultural development of the area in the 11<sup>th</sup>–12<sup>th </sup>centuries.</p> ER -