Pliska, Preslav and the emergence of new megacities in early medieval Bulgaria

Authors

MILO Peter ALADZHOV Andrey DIMITROV Petar HAVELKA Jan VOYKOVA Maria MILOVÁ Beáta REKEMOVÁ Anna Mária ŠÁLKA Dávid TENCER Tomáš

Year of publication 2023
Type Conference abstract
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Description The latest geophysical survey in Pliska and Preslav found that large parts of both sites show organized residential development of regular settlement structure with a regular network of roads lined with fenced courtyards. Our survey shows buildings of various kinds, including churches and multi-room residential stone houses often surrounded by a large number of wooden sunken huts. The structure of the built-up areas in Pliska and Preslav reveals a system for which we do not know a direct analogy. Although sunken huts are a common type of house in the Balkans, as well as in Central and Eastern Europe, the sacral and profane stone architecture – despite its local antecedents – has its roots mostly in Byzantium.
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