The quest for medieval deserted villages in the Strzelin Heights region (Wzgórza Strzelińskie) in Silesia. Preliminary results
The quest for medieval deserted villages in the Strzelin Heights region (Wzgórza Strzelińskie) in Silesia. Preliminary results

Summary/Abstract: In the present paper, the results of archaeological investigations conducted in the years 2007–2014 by the authors will be briefly presented and summarized. In fact, two separate research undertakings by two authors representing different institutions, but following joint research agenda, were merged in the following text into one single history of investigation, focused on a group of archaeological sites hitherto neglected in the Polish research tradition (see below, part 1), i.e. remains of deserted villages from the late Middle Ages. The main goal of the research undertakings which began in 2007 in the Strzelin Heights region was to change this inconvenient situation by discovering well-preserved material remains of some villages known from written evidence (see below, part 2). In order to place the abandoned villages of the Strzelin Heights into respective, appropriate socio-spatial framework, a short analysis of their historical context was also made (part 3). Eventually, two stages of the fieldwork were presented and commented (parts 4–5).

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