L’HABITAT MÉDIÉVAL DE PERNIK : RÉFLEXIONS SUR SA DÉMOGRAPHIE (IXe – XIIe SIÈCLES)
THE MEDIEVAL HABITAT OF PERNIK: REFLECTIONS ON ITS DEMOGRAPHY (9th - 12th CENTURIES)
Author(s): Albena MilanovaSubject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Archaeology, Economic history, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Ancient World, Middle Ages, Culture and social structure
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Middle Ages; Demography; Bulgaria; Pernik; Archaeology;
Summary/Abstract: The text attempts to give an idea about the demography of the medieval site situated on the hill Grado in the present day town of Pernik. The demographic dimension is introduced not as an impossible numerical data, but by crossing indirect indices, provided primary by archaeology. We are concerned with all the elements that enable to highlight the structure of the population, both in its quantitative (number and density) and qualitative (ethnic and social composition) characteristics in order to identify the features that allow to qualify the site as a town, as well as to trace the changes and constants in its status. The exegesis of different kinds of materials permits to conclude that between the ninth and the end of the twelfth century the structure of the population evolved in a constant and progressive way (increased in number, density, social and ethnical diversity). This demographic growth was proportional to the diversification of the functions of the site and sanctioned its typological transformation from village to town.
Journal: Études balkaniques
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 535-562
- Page Count: 28
- Language: French
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