The Teutonic crusade in Prussia: reconstruction of a medieval fortified settlement complex at Unisław

Wiewióra, Marcin; Wasik, Bogusz; Molewski, Paweł; Badura, Monika; Maciejewska, Karolina; Makowiecki, Daniel; Moszczyński, Paweł; Misiewicz, Krzysztof; Małkowski, Wiesław; Bogacki, Miron; Tyszkowski, Sebastian

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“…For many years there has been discussion on the pattern according to which the construction of stronghold settlements developed. There have particularly been disputes regarding the relationship between pre‐German settlements (of both Slavs and Prussian tribes) and the construction of Teutonic Order brick strongholds (Poliński, ; Dygo, ; Wiewióra et al, ; Wasik ). In recent years, the search has also begun for cities that, though known from historical sources, had previously never been located.…”

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New historical data on the Teutonic Order crusades in Prussia: geophysical and archaeological research into an earth‐and‐timber stronghold and city of the 1230s at Starogród, northern‐central Poland

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Wasik²,

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In 2016-2018 in Starogród, in historical Chełmno Land in northern-central Poland, remains were discovered of a stronghold (convent house) of the Knights of the Teutonic Order that was founded in the 1230s. After a search lasting more than 100 years, remains were also discovered of the oldest and repeatedly translocated city of Chełmno, which was founded by the German Knights at the same time. Noninvasive and archaeological studies were conducted as part of the project Castra Terrae Culmensis, at the edges of the Christian world, whose main aim was to answer central questions concerning the beginnings of the State of the Teutonic Order in Prussia. One specific goal was to discover the oldest location of the aforementioned city, founded in 1232. The article presents the results of geophysical, archaeological and geomatic analyses that confirm historical records in the fourteenth-century German Chronicle and helped to piece together the history of the place where one of the oldest Teutonic Order earth-and-timber strongholds and cities chartered under Chełmno Law stood.

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New historical data on the Teutonic Order crusades in Prussia: geophysical and archaeological research into an earth‐and‐timber stronghold and city of the 1230s at Starogród, northern‐central Poland

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“…Reconstruction of a spatial structure is a basic step in research on the noble residences. On many sites in Poland, it is not possible to conduct extensive large‐scale excavations so application of non‐invasive techniques and methods seems to be the optimal approach (Andrzejewski & Sikora, 2017; Konczewski et al, 2018; Lewandowska, 2016; Ordutowski, 2011; Wiewióra et al, 2019; Wroniecki et al, 2013; Wroniecki et al, 2017; Zdaniewicz & Wroniecki, 2018). However, a precise interpretation of geophysical prospection results may be affected by various specific environmental factors, a level of preservation of structures and used building materials, as it is presented below.…”

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An integrated geophysical and archaeological approach to the study of the Late Medieval castle in Żelechów in Mazovia, Poland

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In this paper, we present the results of the 2016-2019 study of the residence of the noble Ciołek family, in _ Zelech ow (Mazovia, eastern Poland). The complex, located on a marshy and overgrown terrain, was recently discovered through the Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) data analysis. The site was surveyed using three geophysical methods: magnetometry (fluxgate gradiometer); electrical resistivity (two level twin-probe profiling); ground-penetrating radar (GPR) (450-MHz antenna). The data allowed to formulate hypotheses on the layout of the complex, its functions, phases and used building materials, which were verified by simultaneously conducted archaeological excavations. Adopted interdisciplinary approach resulted in the comprehensive exploration of the large defensive residence and the reconstruction of its phases with only a minor use of the intrusive archaeological excavation method. The examination of written records and dendrochronological and numismatic analyses allowed to date the complex to the 15th-17th century as well as to verify some hypotheses formulated based on the geophysical data. The presented study gives an impulse for transdisciplinary geophysical, archaeological and historical exploration of rarely identified and scarcely researched noble residences on the border between two medieval administrative regions-Mazovia and

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Castles and towns of the Teutonic Order in Chelmno Land: Environment, animals and plant subsistence. A new archaeological and geo-archaeological study

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Molewski²,

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The Teutonic crusade in Prussia: reconstruction of a medieval fortified settlement complex at Unisław

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New historical data on the Teutonic Order crusades in Prussia: geophysical and archaeological research into an earth‐and‐timber stronghold and city of the 1230s at Starogród, northern‐central Poland

New historical data on the Teutonic Order crusades in Prussia: geophysical and archaeological research into an earth‐and‐timber stronghold and city of the 1230s at Starogród, northern‐central Poland

An integrated geophysical and archaeological approach to the study of the Late Medieval castle in Żelechów in Mazovia, Poland

Castles and towns of the Teutonic Order in Chelmno Land: Environment, animals and plant subsistence. A new archaeological and geo-archaeological study

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