scholarly journals Barczewko – a cemetery of the first settlers in Southern Warmia against the background of medieval inhumation necropolises in Teutonic Prussia

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 199-228
Author(s):  
Arkadiusz Koperkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Arrangement ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Time Capsule ◽  
The Hill ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Town

Barczewko is located near Olsztyn, in the Warmian-Masurian province (north-eastern Poland). The site on Lake Wadąg was the place of the first location of today’s Barczewo (Ger. Wartenburg). Urban settlement with the castle/watchtower was erectedon the initiative of the bishop of Warmia at the end of the 1320s. The development of the young urban colony was interrupted in 1354 when it was invaded by Lithuanian troops, burned down and abandoned. The village that was later established nearbywas called Alt Wartenberg. The hill behind the village, referred to as the Old Town, has never been built on. The place is a specific time capsule, preserving the remains of buildings and the basic elements of the town’s spatial arrangement. In the years 2013–2019, a Polish-German research project was carried out here. After a series of non-invasive tests, the cellars of dwelling buildings with artefacts abandoned on the day of the raid, fortifications, market square buildings, central place of craft and trade nature (the so-called mercatorio) and the settlers’ cemetery, as well as the remains of the victims of the raid, were uncovered by excavation. It is a unique complex which provides a lot of information about the pioneering phases of town  formation in the state of the Teutonic Order, and about the everyday life of settlers coexisting most likely with the Old Prussian population. The excavations reveal details of the dramatic events related to the fall of the town, thus confirming written sources. This text presents for the first time the preliminary results of the research on the cemetery of the first settlers in southern Warmia. The necropolis provides evidence for the presence of the Old Prussian indigenous population who played a significant role in this process.

A Trial Excavation at Monte d'Irsi, Basilicata

1971 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 138-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. B Whitehouse ◽  
M. Aylwin Cotton ◽  
John F. Cherry
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
North West ◽  
Stream Beds ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Town ◽  
Santa Maria

Monte d'Irsi is located approximately 6·5 km. east-southeast of the town of Irsina and 4 km. due west of the village of Santa Maria d'Irsi in the region of Basilicata. The archaeological site sits on the crown of an irregularly shaped plateau at around 480 m. above sea level; the land drops away steeply in all directions and the hill-sides are heavily eroded by stream beds which feed into the two major rivers in the area, the Bradano and the Basentello (Figs. 1 and 2 and Pl. XXVII, a). M. d'Irsi lies about 7·5 km. north-west of the confluence of the two, and since it is the highest point for 6 or 7 km. round about, forms an imposing feature of the landscape. No doubt it is this fact, connected with the proximity of M. d'Irsi to the very important Bradano valley (3 km. distant) that made the M. d'Irsi plateau a prime candidate for settlement even in prehistoric times and presumably in times of stress.

scholarly journals Assessment of the environmental value of the Zichy Castle Park in Voivodeni, Romania – Brief description

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-56
Author(s):  
Lóránt Kovács
Keyword(s):  
Folk Music ◽  
Copper Age ◽  
Folk Dance ◽  
Folk Tales ◽  
South West ◽  
Hungarian State ◽  
Roman Age ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Town

Abstract The Zichy Castle from Vajdaszentiväny (Voievodeni) is located in Mure§ County, central Romania, south-west from the town of Reghin. Its constniction in classical baroque style dates back to the beginning of the X\TH Century. The archaeological findings from the area show that Vajdaszentiväny was already populated in the Copper Age. The findings of gray dishes from the III and IV centuries were considered by Dr. Protase as indigenous Daco-Roman relics. The Roman presence here was demonstrated by residues of the hewn-stone road along the Maros River. After the Roman Age, several other populations (Goths, Slavonic peoples. Darghins and Huns) settled down here. The feudal Hungarian state occupied this area around the XI Century. Several streams, terraces and old cemetery ruins demonstrate tliat the Hungarians used the region for protective purposes. The first mitten records of Vajdaszentiväny date back to 1332, when die Papal documents (Sacerdos de Sancto Johanne) mention the settlement for the first time. In 1366. the name of the village was Märton-Szent-Ivän. and dunng the centuries it belonged to several old and noble families and dynasties as szentiväni Szekely. monoszlai Losonczi. Szakäcsi. the Bänffy and Dezsöfi, the Szentiväni, Butkai, Balog, Kecseti, Kerelöi, Szengyeli, Dengelegi, Fodor, vajdaszentivänyi Földväri, Koka, Piski, Järai or Järai Felsöjärai Abafäja. During the first half of the 19* Century, among former Hungarians noble owners of the village, the following can be mentioned: Count Sämuel Kemeny, Albert Horvath, Budai, Szocs (Käroly es Mihäly) and Duke Löwenthäl. Later on, the village of Vajdaszentiväny became famous because of its castle, later named the “Zichy Castle,” but also because of its citizens as preservers of folk music, folk dance and folk tales.

scholarly journals New research in the sacred zone of the Fabrika Hill in Nea Paphos, Cyprus

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 59-76
Author(s):  
Jolanta Młynarczyk
Keyword(s):  
Building Material ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Joint Project ◽  
Site Development ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
New Research ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The Town

New research in the sacred zone of the Fabrika Hill in Nea Paphos, Cyprus The rocky hillock of Fabrika in the north-eastern most part of ancient Nea Paphos, founded during the late 4th century BC, is of key importance for understanding the early phase of the town planning, but at the same time very difficult to be methodically explored. Both its eminent location and geology made it a natural source of building material throughout the ages, greatly hindering any accurate reconstruction of the site development. However, the data collected so far strongly suggest that the arrangement of the southern part of the hill was of a cultic nature. Therefore, on undertaking a joint project with Université d’Avignon, we decided to focus the research on the southern part of the hill where, near the top of an Early Hellenistic theatre, there are rock-cut outlines of atemple possibly devoted to Aphrodite Paphia. During two seasons of field work (2018-2019), we retrieved some important information regarding both an original Hellenistic arrangement of the sacred area and its later (Late Roman/Byzantine and Medieval) use. Some new observations were also made regarding the topographical details of the area.

scholarly journals Town-Planning Conception of the Livadia Palace and Park Ensemble

2018 ◽  
pp. 36-43
Author(s):  
Inessa N. Slyunkova
Keyword(s):  
Road Construction ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Support Service ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
The Crimea ◽  
History Of ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
National Romanticism ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Town

The work is devoted to the town-planning heritage of Livadia. For the first time, relying on the graphic design sources of the 1860s and the turn of the XIX - XX centuries, the history of the formation of the ensemble of the new and second after Oreanda imperial residence in the Crimea is revealed. The content and characteristics of the imperial private order in post-reform Russia are considered. The central place is occupied by the design of the ensemble, its functional structure and boundaries, the architectural and spatial development of the territories, the principles of planning and development the issues of park construction and the use of the naturallandscape.In the era of historicism and national romanticism, a new trend in the arrangement of the privatelife of Russian monarchs was the appeal to the examples and traditions of the Russian aristocratic manor. The estate of Livadia, with the established complex of a noble manor, was bought by Alexander II from the heirs of Count L.S. Pototsky and presented to the Empress Maria Alexandrovna. The subject of the study is the town-planning transformation aimed at adapting and further developing the ensemble in order to accommodate the royal famty, the court the retinue, and the extensive system of services.Livadia reconstruction can be divided into two stages. The first is connected with the most intensive transformations of the environment carried out in 1862-1866 undertheleadership of I.A. Monighetti. The architect proposed the concept of a dispersed system of resettlement and placement of new building complexes outside the front of the estate core - auxiliary household military and other services of the residence. An integral part of the plan was road construction and development of infrastructure along with new sections of territories within the boundaries ofland ownershipThe second stage of active construction in Livadia occurred in 1869 - the beginning of the 1880s, and it was mainty directed to social programs. It was the erection of the second church of the estate in the midst of settlement complexes for personnel of the residence services; school for 120 people, etc. The principles of park construction extended to each of the peripheral sections and complexes. The system of water supp^ along with the engineering and technical support service of the estate and surrounding settlements were created. Livadia resembled a city-residence and a city-garden.For the first time the general plans of Livadia that reveal the scale of architectural transformations during the period of possession of the royal family are published.

scholarly journals The first records of Aegopinella ressmanni (Westerlund, 1883) in the Czech Republic extends its distribution range northwards

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 47-50
Author(s):  
Michal Horsák ◽  
Jan Myšák
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Distribution Range ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Terrestrial Snail ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Town

A topsoil-dwelling Eastern Alpine terrestrial snail Aegopinella ressmanni (Westerlund, 1883) was found for the first time in the Czech Republic at nine sites in E Bohemia. Abundant populations of the species occurred in wet habitats of the Tichá Orlice River valley between the village of Hnátnice and the town of Brandýs nad Orlicí. These Czech populations were found 250 km far from the known northernmost sites in Germany and Austria.

scholarly journals The rediscovery of the Madagascar Red Owl Tyto soumagnei (Grandidier 1878) in north-eastern Madagascar

1994 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominique Halleux ◽  
Steven M. Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Adult Bird ◽  
South West ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Town

SummaryThe Madagascar Red Owl, known from the eastern rainforest of central Madagascar by a few specimens collected in the nineteenth and early twentieth century and one sight record in 1973, was rediscovered in late July 1993 in north-eastern Madagascar. An adult bird, held in captivity for approximately one year, was located in the town of Andapa. According to the owner, the owl had been obtained south-west of Andapa, near the village of Antanamangotroka, in a forested area connected to the Réserve Spéciale d'Anjanaharibe-Sud, and at about 800 m above sea-level. This record expands the known geographic range of this species and provides the first documentation of its continued existence in over 20 years.La Chouette de Soumagne, connue de la forêt pluviale orientale du Domaine du Centre de Madagascar à travers quelques spécimens collectés au 19ème siècle et début du 20ème siècle et d'aprés une observation en 1973, a été redécouverte à la fin du mois de juillet 1993 au nord-est de Madagascar. Un individu adulte, qui venait de passer plus d'un an en captivité, a été découvert dans la ville d'Andapa. D'après la personne qui détenait l'animal, la chouette avait été capturee au sud-ouest d'Andapa, pres du village d'Antanamangotroka, au sein d'une zone forestière connectée avec la Réserve Spéciale d'Anjanaharibe-Sud, à une altitude d'environ 800 m au-dessus du niveau de la mer. Cette nouvelle donnée constitue une expansion significative de l'aire de distribution de cette espèce et apporte la preuve de la survie de cette espèce endémique qui n'avait pas été observee depuis plus de 20 ans.

scholarly journals Record of Dicranosepsis javanica (de Meijere, 1904) (Diptera, Sepsidae) from Meghalaya (India), with morphological and genetic data

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 495-503
Author(s):  
Lavinia Iancu ◽  
Khlur Mukhim ◽  
Liviu Moscaliuc
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Data ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Identification Of Species ◽  
Jaintia Hills ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Village ◽  
North Eastern Part

Abstract The present article reports Dicranosepsis javanica (de Meijere 1904) (Diptera: Sepsidae) from Meghalaya and makes a note of its Oriental distribution range. The specimens were sampled in January 2014 by sweep net in the village of Schnongrim, Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, situated in the north-eastern part of India. A short morphological description is provided for the male specimen, while the female taxonomic characters are presented for the first time. The taxonomic identification of species was confirmed by DNA Barcoding.

scholarly journals Erigeron acris L. subsp. angulosus (Gaudin) Vacc. (Asteraceae), a new taxon in the flora of Poland

2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artur Pliszko
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Species Composition ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Microscopy Imaging ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Sand And Gravel ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Town ◽  
Scanning Electron

AbstractThe paper reports for the first time the occurrence ofErigeron acrissubsp.angulosusin Poland. This rare European temperate plant was found in August 2014 in a former sand and gravel quarry, close to the Sobolewo reservoir in the town of Suwałki, north-eastern Poland. Species composition of the habitat is characterized by a phytosociological relevé based on the Braun-Blanquet method, diagnostic characters in comparison to the morphologically similarE.acrissubsp.droebachiensisare presented using scanning electron microscopy imaging, and an identification key forE.acriss. l. in Poland is given.

scholarly journals Médicaments et thermalisme à Pautalia, Thrace

Gesnerus ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 57 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 238-249
Author(s):  
Valentina Grigorova
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Surgical Instruments ◽  
Thermal Springs ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The Village ◽  
The City ◽  
The Temple ◽  
The Town

The city of Pautalia (Kyustendil in Bulgaria) is located near thermal springs in the Strymon valley (Strouma),on a site occupied from the Iron Age onward by the Thracian tribe of Dentheletes. The temple of Asclepios and the walls of Pautalia, located on the hill of Hissarlaka, as well as the roman thermae in the center of modern Kyustendil are among the more important archaeological vestiges in the area. In 1990, near the village of Dragodan, district of Kyustendil, different surgical instruments in bronze were unearthed in a tumulus attributed to the roman period (Ilnd century A.D.). During the excavation of another tumulus in 1992, a truly exceptional discovery was made near the town of Kotcherinovo, district of Kyustendil: A variety of medicines were discovered in a small bronze case, dating from the roman period (Ilnd century A.D.). The complete results of the analysis of these substances and few hypotheses about their possible use are presented in this publication.

scholarly journals Octopus stinkhorn Clathrus archeri (Berk.) Dring, an alien stinkhorn fungus (Phallaceae), in north-eastern Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Piętka ◽  
Damian Byk ◽  
Adam Byk
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Fungal Species ◽  
Coniferous Species ◽  
The North ◽  
Baltic Sea Region ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Town

Distribution of an alien fungus, octopus stinkhorn Clathrus archeri, has been studied in north-eastern Poland. The closest earlier known localities of this species, situated north of the new ones, were reported near the village of Dymnica (Lębork County) in Poland and near the town of Kartena in Lithuania. Field research was conducted in May–November in 2019-2020 and information from naturalists and foresters was verified, to map this species and draw attention to the problem of appearance of alien fungal species in forests. In the locality where the largest number of basidiomata was found, they were measured every day from 12 October till 2 November 2020: height and width of young ones at the egg phase, height of mature ones, and length of their longest arms. Additionally, arms of individual basidiomata were counted. We have documented 7 localities of C. archeri, including 5 situated in forests and 2 in other habitats. In total, we found 63 basidiomata of this species. In the localities outside forests, basidiomata of C. archeri appeared in places where timber was stored and the soil was covered with sawdust and pieces of bark. The other 5 localities were situated in broadleaved forests with a small proportion of coniferous species. It seems that C. archeri, when moisture level is suitable, finds favourable living conditions in fertile broadleaved forests of north-eastern Poland. It is sometimes re-moved from forest areas (e.g. with wood) to open and urbanized areas. Considering the observed climate change, we can expect a further spread of C. archeri to the north-eastern of Poland and an increase in the number of its localities in the Baltic Sea region. Spore dispersal of this species is facilitated not only by humans but also by insects. No negative impact of C. archeri on wooded habitats was noticed.  Key words: Phallaceae, Clathrus archeri, octopus stinkhorn, alien species, ecology, distribution, forest, Poland

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