Tereny Nowej Huty (obecnych dzielnic XIV–XVIII Krakowa) w VI–XIV wieku n.e.

Abstrakt

THE AREA OF NOWA HUTA (PRESENT DISTRICTS XIV–XVIII OF KRAKOW) IN 6^TH TO 14^TH CENTURY CE

The results of archeological research conducted from the late 40s of the 20^th century until the present in the area covered today by districts XIV–XVIII of Krakow and records of the written sources related to the settlements in this area enabled the discovery of the past of Nowa Huta in 6^th to 14^th century CE. The period of early Middle Ages covers the times from the 6^th (alternately the turn of the 5th century) until the half of the 13^th century. The period in the area described can be additionally subdivided into smaller units: early Slavic (from the 5th/6th till the 7^th century), tribal (7th/8th–10th century) and early state (from the 10^th/11^th until the first half of the 13th century). The latter half of the 13^th century and the 14^th century is, on Polish grounds, the time of the Middle Ages. Settlements dating from the early Slavic period were discovered in Mogiła, Pleszów, Branice, Wyciąż and Cło. Slavic houses belonging to the tribal phase were discovered also in Mogiła, Pleszów and Wyciąż, and to the early state phase – in Mogiła, Pleszów, Wyciąż and Ruszcza. The names of places, which were comprised by the administrative borders of the districts XIV–XVIII of Krakow, are known from documents from the 13th and 14th centuries. Monuments connected to cult and belief are situated in the described area: the so-called Wanda’s mound, cemetery in Zesławice, Cistercian abbey in Mogiła, church in Ruszcza and cemeteries connected to these churches. Records of medieval documents inform about the existence of other churches (in Krzesławice and Pleszów). Many objects of everyday use, tools, ornaments and weapons dating from the 6th to 14th century come from the excavations conducted in the area.