The stronghold in Grzybowo and its settlement base in the context of in-depth interdisciplinary research
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2021-12
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Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
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This article covers the issues connected with the early medieval stronghold in Grzybowo,
which was built in the years 919 to 923 (dendrochronological dating). Its second construction
phase took place in the years 929 to 935 and another at the beginning of the next decade of
the 10 th century. This complex belongs to the ‘major settlements of the early Piast state’ and
has been systematically excavated since the end of the 1980s. The research conducted over
the last few years (2018 to 2020), implemented within project No. UMO-2017/25/B/HS3/00016
and financed by the National Science Centre, has provided plentiful new results, but also
has confirmed several older hypotheses concerning early medieval Grzybowo. Thanks to the
results of this works, it was possible to demonstrate that the stronghold in the form known
today (Site 1) primarily consisted of two parts, which in the 10 th century comprised one of
the largest settlement complexes in the Greater Poland at that time. An important element
supplementing this settlement picture is a craft settlement (Site 6), traces of which were
recorded to the south and east of the stronghold. In the course of this research, both in
relation to the stronghold and the craft settlement, further excavations and non-invasive
research methods were implemented, including ALS LiDAR (Airborne Laser Scanning and
Light Detection and Ranging), Aerial Archaeology, magnetic prospection, GPR (Ground-
Penetrating Radar), ERS (Electrical Resistivity Survey) and ERT (Electrical Resistivity Tomog-
raphy). When necessary and possible, the results of these analyses were verified through
excavation. As a result of this combined research, the stronghold complex in Grzybowo is
becoming a better understood archaeological site.
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stronghold in Grzybowo, rampart, Greater Poland, interdisciplinary research
Citation
Treasures of Time: Research of the Faculty of Archaeology of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (2021) D. Żurkiewicz (Ed.). pp. 354-369.
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978-83-946591-9-6