Prague group
The Prague culture (Polish Kultura praska , Ukrainian Пра́зька культу́ра , Czech Kultura s keramikou pražského typu ) was an early Slavic archaeological culture of the 6th and 7th centuries in today's Czech Republic , Ukraine , Poland , Slovakia and Germany .
It extended from the Carpathian Mountains across the Bohemian Basin to the Danube , the Elbe and the Lower Havel . The Prague group was part of the Prague Korchak culture .
It bordered in the north on the related Slavic Sukow-Dziedzice group , in the east on the West Baltic culture , in the southeast on the Slavic Penkowka group and in the west on the Frankish Empire .
It got its name from the place where it was found Roztoky near Prague by the Czech archaeologist Ivan Borkovský.
Other important sites were
- Dessau-Mosigkau
- Bachórz, Subcarpathian Voivodeship , Southeast Poland
- Draguš Castle in Březno , Okres Louny , Northern Bohemia
- Přítluky , Okres Břeclav , South Moravia
- Výčapy-Opatovce near Nitra , Slovakia
The Prague group originated in the 6th century from the Kortschak culture influenced the culture Przeworsk .
economy
Agriculture (wheat, rye, oats) and animal husbandry (cattle, pigs, sheep, chickens) were the basis of life. The ceramics were hand-formed and mostly undecorated.
There was metal processing (iron), wood, stone, bone, leather, etc. were also used as materials. a. used.
Settlements
The settlements were mostly on rivers or lakes and were mostly unpaved. They had an area of 0.5 to 1.5 hectares and consisted of 8–20 houses.
The houses were quite small, almost square, and often sunk into the ground.
Funeral culture
Corpse burns were buried in urns in grave fields, in rare cases in barrows. There were few grave goods (utensils, jewelry).
Subsequent crops
In the middle of the 7th century, the Russian group (west of the Mulde ), the Daleminzian culture (on the middle Elbe), the Klučov group (in Bohemia) and others emerged from the Prague culture . a.
literature
- Sebastian Brather : Archeology of the Western Slavs. Settlement, economy and society in early and high medieval East-Central Europe. Supplementary volumes to the Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde . Vol. 30. Berlin ²2008, ISBN 978-3-11-020609-8 , online
- Joachim Herrmann: The Slavs in Germany. History and culture of the Slavic tribes west of Oder and Neisse from the 6th to 12th centuries. A manual. Berlin 1985.
- Sebastian Brather: Slavic ceramics. Elbe Slavs. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 29, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-018360-9 , pp. 79-88.
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ Ivan Borkovsky: Staroslovanská keramika ve střední Evropě , Prague 1940
- ↑ Archaeological Findings (Polish) ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
