- Medieval Studies, Medieval History, Historical topography, Landscape Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Medieval roads, and 39 moreRoman roads, Early Medieval And Medieval Settlement (Archaeology), Arpadian Age, History, Archaeology, Intellectual History, Historical Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, Régészet, Medieval urban history, Medieval trade, Roman Archaeology, Least Cost Path Analysis, Computer Applications & Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), Dromography (Historic Routes Research), Archaeological Method & Theory, Pilgrimage Routes, Spatial analysis (Archaeology), Spatial archaeology, Archaeological Theory, Cattle Trade, Trade and travel in medieval Europe and the Mediterranean, Mobility (Archaeology), Hungarian Studies, Medieval Landscapes, Medieval Hungary, Remote sensing and GIS applications in Landscape Research, Aerial Archaeology, LiDAR for Landscape Archaeology, Archaeological GIS, Archaeology of Roads, Ancient and Roman Roads, Dromography (Historic Routes History), Amber Route, Amber Road, Least-Cost Paths, Ancient Paths, Trails and Greenways, and Historical Network Researchedit
The present volume is dedicated to the different approaches and research strategies of medieval roads and tracks. It is mainly based on historical and archaeological source materials from East-Central Europe, but the research problems are... more
The present volume is dedicated to the different approaches and research strategies of medieval roads and tracks. It is mainly based on historical and archaeological source materials from East-Central Europe, but the research problems are discussed in a wider European context. Roads have never been isolated features in the landscape, but formed the backbone of the settlement system in all times. Being the veins of social and economic life, the history of roads is inextricably connected with the growth and decline of towns, settlements, agriculture and trade. The book introduces its readers into the wide range of sources and methods available for the investigation of this noteworthy, but so far regrettably neglected and understudied topic. The social, political and economic factors as well as the physical landscape created different types of medieval roads in terms of function and physical properties. The purpose of this book is to demonstrate the variability of these roads through East-Central European examples, and stimulate further investigations both within and outside the region. At the same time, it offers a well-selected collection of features, archaeological sites and historical representations with the relevant research methods on the means and ways of medieval communication networks.