Břeclav – Pohansko VII.

This book about the second church burial ground in the north-eastern outer bailey of the Břeclav–Pohansko hillfort is the culmination of five years of research by a team led by Prof. Jiří Macháček from Masaryk University. The publication contains comprehensive information about the population buried in this area at the end of the 9th and in the first half of the 10th century. The book consists of a complete catalogue of the burial site and an analytical and synthetic part, evaluating the funerary area from the perspective of archaeology, history and anthropology. This part of the book is divided into eleven main chapters: The North-eastern Outer Bailey in the Context of Systematic Research of Pohansko – Characteristics of the Locality from the Perspective of the Natural Environment – Methodology of Archaeological Research – The Extent of the Burial Ground – Burial Rites – Taphonomic-demographic Characteristics of the Skeletal Finds – Artefacts as Part of the Grave Goods – Chronology of the Burial Ground – Spatial Structure of the Burial Ground – Social Structure of the Community – The Relationship Between the Burial and Residential Components. The book will be integrally supplemented by a comprehensive publication on the skeletal remains from the burial site, prepared by a team led by Assoc. Prof. Vladimír Sládek from Charles University.