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From Bronze Age Hillfort to Capital City

From Bronze Age Hillfort to Capital City FROM BRONZE AGE HILLFORT TO CAPITAL CITY NEW RADIOCARBON DATES AND THE FIRST ARCHAEOBOTANICAL INVESTIGATION AT THE VILNIUS CASTLE HILL G M M, A R, K M , M Ž L T ABSTRACT The ‘Castle Hill’ represents the core territory of Vilnius, cities of Europe, inviting merchants to come and settle around which gravitated urban development, eventually in the city. In these letters, Vilnius is referred to as an culminating in the foundation of the capital of Lithuania. already existing city: “civitas”, “…in civitatem suam Vil- However, we know very little about the earliest occupa- nam”, “...in civitate nostra Vilna” (Rowell 2003, 41, 123, tion on Castle Hill - how it developed over time, and what 477). Earlier indications of Vilnius as a settlement, cen- the activities were of the people that inhabited the site. tred on the top of and around Castle Hill, come only from While the study of plant remains can provide a crucial in- archaeological records. Archaeological investigations on sight into human staple foods, agricultural activities and the top of Castle Hill have confi rmed multiple occupa- the palaeoenvironment, previous attempts of archaeobo- tion episodes and the presence of thirteenth-century AD tanical investigations of such http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Archaeologica Brill

From Bronze Age Hillfort to Capital City

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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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10.1163/16000390-09102004
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FROM BRONZE AGE HILLFORT TO CAPITAL CITY NEW RADIOCARBON DATES AND THE FIRST ARCHAEOBOTANICAL INVESTIGATION AT THE VILNIUS CASTLE HILL G M M, A R, K M , M Ž L T ABSTRACT The ‘Castle Hill’ represents the core territory of Vilnius, cities of Europe, inviting merchants to come and settle around which gravitated urban development, eventually in the city. In these letters, Vilnius is referred to as an culminating in the foundation of the capital of Lithuania. already existing city: “civitas”, “…in civitatem suam Vil- However, we know very little about the earliest occupa- nam”, “...in civitate nostra Vilna” (Rowell 2003, 41, 123, tion on Castle Hill - how it developed over time, and what 477). Earlier indications of Vilnius as a settlement, cen- the activities were of the people that inhabited the site. tred on the top of and around Castle Hill, come only from While the study of plant remains can provide a crucial in- archaeological records. Archaeological investigations on sight into human staple foods, agricultural activities and the top of Castle Hill have confi rmed multiple occupa- the palaeoenvironment, previous attempts of archaeobo- tion episodes and the presence of thirteenth-century AD tanical investigations of such

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Acta Archaeologica – Brill

Published: Apr 16, 2020

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