Publication details
Archeologický výzkum odhalil dávnou tragédii na velkomoravském hradišti ve Znojmě.
| Title in English | Archaeological excavation has revealed an ancient tragedy at the Great Moravian hill-fort in Znojmo |
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Sborník prací PdF MU |
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| Web | https://www.ped.muni.cz/whis/s219.pdf |
| Keywords | Great Moravian hill-fort in Znojmo; 9-10th century; results of archaeological investigation; ancient tragedy in water well |
| Description | An extremely interesting find situation excavated by archaeologists at the Great Moravian hill-fort of Saint Hippolytus in Znojmo has provided data for a description of an ancient tragedy. Several settlement features destroyed by a fire were excavated by archaeologists in the south-western part of the fortified bailey near the inner side of the main fortification, which was also affected by a large fire. Two of them deserved particular attention. It was a partly sunken dwelling (feature nr. 542) and a rainwater cistern (feature No. 543) adjoining the external side of the south-western corner of the dwelling. A partial skull of a circa sixty-year-old individual together with pottery shards was found in the upper part of the cistern infill. A skeleton of a circa six-year-old boy with a knife next to his palm was excavated in the ashy, debris containing layer just above the cistern´s bottom. The boy was probably thrown into the cistern. Author of the paper attempts to unravel this ancient tragedy. On the basis of the accompanying finds he makes a direct connection to a conquest of the hill-fort by the ancient Hungarians in the first half of the 10th century AD. |