Archaeology from the 7th to the 9th century in south-eastern Europe (PhD)

Pre-requisites: The knowledge of foreign languages and approved sense for scientific work

Course objectives: Deepen knowledge of all the most important early medieval finds and sites in south-eastern Europe, as well as their precise chronological and functional attribution.

Course description: Study of archaeological traces from the 7th to the 9th century in south-eastern Europe, with the application of data from the written historical sources, as well as interpretation of cultural interactions between diverse ethnic groups. The study of the process of disintegration of the late antique world and forming the nucleus of medieval society with special attention to the process of Christianization.

Learning Outcomes: Enabling the students to deepen their knowledge of all the most important early medieval finds and sites in south-eastern Europe, as well as their precise chronological and functional attribution.

Literature/Reading:

• J. Werner, Der Shatzfund von Vrap in Albanien, Wien 1986.
• C. Morrisson, V. Popović, V. Ivanišević, Les Trésors monétaires byzantins des Balkans et d`Asie Mineure (491-713), Paris 2006.
• E. Riemer, Romanische Grabfunde des 5-8. Jahrhunderts in Italien, Rahden/Westf 2000.
• M. Schulze-Dörrlamm, Byzantinische Gürtelschnallen und Gürtelbeschläge im Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum I, Mainz 2002.
• M. Schulze-Dörrlamm, Byzantinische Gürtelschnallen und Gürtelbeschläge im Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum II, Mainz 2010.
• J. Henning, Südosteuropa zwischen Antike und Mittelalter: archäologische Beiträge zur Landwirtschaft des 1. Jahrtaunsend u. Z., Berlin 1987.
• Die Welt von Byzanz – europas östliches Erbe. Glanz, Krisen und Fortleben einen tausendjähringen Kultur, ed. L. Wamser, München 2004.
• Byzanz. Das Licht aus dem Osten. Kult und Alltag im Byzantinischen Reich von 4. bis 15. Jahrhundert, ed. C. Stiegemann, Paderborn 2001.
• J. Belošević, Materijalna kultura Hrvata od VII do IX stoljeća, Zagreb 1980.
• Byzanc - Das Romerreich im Mittelalter 1-3, Hrsg. F. Daim, J. Drauschke, Mainz 2011.
• M. Petrinec, Groblja od 8. do 11. stoljeća na području ranosrednjovekovne hrvatske države, Split 2009.
• M. Popović, V. Bikić, Vrsenice, Kasnoantičko i srpsko ranosrednjovekovno utvrđenje, Beograd 2009.
• R. Rašev, Bъlgarskata ezičeska kultura VII-IX vek, Sofiя 2008.
• N. Stanojević, Naselja VIII-IX veka u Vojvodini, Rad vojvođanskih muzeja 30, Novi Sad 1986.
• I. Bugarski, Nekropole iz doba antike i ranog srednjeg veka na lokalitetu Čik, Beograd 2009.
• T. Stepanov, The Bulgars and the Steppe Empire in the Early Middle Ages, Leiden-Boston 2010.
• T. Vida, Die Awarenzeitliche keramik I (6.-7. Jh.), Berlin-Budapest 1999.
• Ž. Vьžarova, Slavяni i prabьlgari (po danni na nekropolite ot VI-IX v. na teritoriьяta na Bьlgariя), Sofiя 1976.
• Ž. Vьžarova, Slavяnski i slavяnoblьgarski seliщa v blьgarskite zemi ot kraя na VI-XI vek, Sofiя 1965.
• U. Fiedler, Studien zu Gräberfeldern des 6. bis 9. Jahrhunderts an der unteren Donau 1-2, Bonn 1992.
• P. Komatina, The Slavs of the Mid-Danube Basin and the Bulgarian expansion in the first half of the 9th Century, Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta 41, Beograd 2010, 55-80.