Pliska and Veliki Preslav : non-invasive research into the urban planning of two early medieval centers

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Authors	MILO Peter ALADZHOV Andrey DIMITROV Petar HAVELKA Jan MANOLOVA VOYKOVA Maria MILOVÁ Beáta REKEMOVÁ Anna Mária ŠÁLKA Dávid TENCER Tomáš VÁGNER Michal
Year of publication	2023
Type	Article in Proceedings
Conference	Advances in On- and Offshore Archaeological Prospection : Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Arts
Citation
web	https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:8:3-2023-00158-0
Doi	https://doi.org/10.38072/978-3-928794-83-1/p39
Keywords	Bulgaria; central sites; early Middle Ages; geophysical survey; settlement structure
Description	Geophysical surveys in Pliska and Veliki Preslav (Bulgaria) brought a breakthrough in our view of the appearance of early medieval centres in the Balkans. Urban planning on a scale of dozens of hectares has been documented for the first time. It has been found that wooden buildings massively accompany masonry architecture. Using a magnetic survey, we have been able to define the road network and functionally specific areas.
Related projects:	Identification, documentation and protection of archaeological monuments of the early Middle Ages using non-invasive survey methods