Mediaeval fortifications and settlements: processes of territorial and social organization in the interfluve of the Drava and Sava rivers

The dynamics of population density is researched through the prism of rural settlements (list of researched settlements and bibliography) and fortifications (list of sites). The infrastructure of individual settlements is studied in detail, from the functioning of the smallest unit – house (or family, in the sociological sense) through public areas and goods (communications, central spaces, water sources, economic and farming areas). Research also focuses on the mutual territorial and administrative relationships of fortifications and settlements; on the typology of settlements and fortifications from morphological and functional aspects; the standard of living of different sociological groups within the society, with the aim to create a model for recognizing how a community functioned and the totality of life in a given area, which in the context of the Middle Ages is based on a complex relationship between the elite (secular and sacred) and the lower strata of society.

Tatjana Tkalčec, Tajana Sekelj Ivančan

2nd International Conference of Mediaeval Archaeology "Mediaeval Settlements in the Light of Archaeological Sources" (Book of Abstracts)

ZIA6 (2nd International Conference of Mediaeval Archaeology Proceedings )

4th International Conference of Mediaeval Archaeology "Fortifications, defence systems, structures and features in the past"

Sites:

• Torčec – Prečno pole I
• Torčec – Pod Gucak/Pod Panje
• Klenovec Humski-mediaeval fortified town Vrbovec
• Sveta Ana-Gradina
• The Fortified Town of Krapina
• Krapina - Vukšićev breg
• Fortified Town of Dubovac
• St. Lawrence’s Church in Crkvari
• Buzadovac-Vojvodice
• Gudovac-Gradina
• St. Martin’s church in Mala Črešnjevica
• Torčec - Ledine
• Torčec - Rudičevo
• Torčec – Gradić

Bibliography:

• Tkalčec, T., Pećnjaci iz drvenog objekta podignutog na ruševinama srednjovjekovnog burga Vrbovca kod Huma na Sutli (Stove Tiles from the Wooden Structure Built on the Ruins of the Medieval Castle of Vrbovec near Hum na Sutli), Archaeologia Adriatica, vol. 4, Zadar 2010., 325-338.
• Tkalčec, T., Kuhinjska i stolna keramika iz stambenog dijela burga Vrbovca u Klenovcu Humskome (Kitchen and table pottery from the residential part of the Vrbovec castle in Klenovec Humski, Vjesnik Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu, br. 43, 3. serija, Zagreb 2010., 455-476.
• Horvat, Z., Tkalčec, T., Arhitektura i arhitektonska plastika burga Vrbovca kraj Huma na Sutli / Architecture and Architectural Stonework of the Medieval Castle of Vrbovec near Hum na Sutli, Prilozi Instituta za arheologiju u Zagrebu, vol. 26, Zagreb 2009., 181-218.
• Tkalčec, T., Kušan Špalj, D., Krznar, S., Nalazi tkanine s lokaliteta Crkvari-crkva Sv. Lovre, Textile Finds from the Site of Crkvari – St Lovro Church, Prilozi Instituta za arheologiju u Zagrebu, vol. 25./2008., Zagreb 2008., 119-134.
• Tkalčec, T., Burg Vrbovec u Klenovcu Humskome: Deset sezona arheoloških istraživanja, Muzeji Hrvatskog zagorja, institut za arheologiju, Zagreb 2010.
• Tkalčec, T. Medieval Castle of “Vrbouch” in Klenovec Humski (Northwestern Croatia), Castrum Bene 12, 12th International Castellological Conference: The Castle as social Space, 28.09.-2.10.2011, (ur. Katarina Predovnik), Univerza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta, Ljubljana, 2014., 301-312.
• Sekelj Ivančan, T., "Early medieval settlements between the Sava and Drava Rivers – a few examples of the village in the 9th century", Beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam. Ünnepi kötet Tomka Péter 75. születésnapjára. Ed.: Csécs Teréz – Takács Miklós – Merva Szabina. Győr 2016, 625-647.
• Sekelj Ivančan, T., "Dinamika razvoja srednjovjekovnih naselja Torčeca", u: Katalog izložbe, Robert Čimin, "Arheologija Torčeca, Izbor iz Arheološke zbirke obitelji Zvjerac", Koprivnica 2016, 31-53.
• Sekelj Ivančan, T., "Arheološki ostaci triju naselja na Sušinama u Virju/Archaeological remains of three settlements on Sušine in Virje", Anali Instituta za arheologiju XI, Zagreb 2015, 50-53.
• Sekelj Ivančan, T., Tkalčec, T., Virovitica Kiškorija jug u ranom srednjem vijeku / Virovitica Kiškorija South during the early Middle ages, u: K. Jelinčić Vučković, Rimsko selo u provinciji Gornjoj Panoniji: Virovitica Kiškorija jug, MIA 7, Zagreb, 2015, 337-346.
• Sekelj Ivančan Tajana, "Ranosrednjovjekovni koštani propletači s nalazišta Torčec - PP: prilog.../Early Medieval Thatching Needles from the Site of Torčec - PP: a Contribution to the Knowledge of the Slavic Settlement of the...", Archaeologia Adriatica, 3 (2009), Zadar 2011, 335-346.
• Sekelj Ivančan, T., Tkalčec, T., Torčec u kasnom srednjem vijeku i kontinuitet života do današnjih dana, u: T. Sekelj Ivančan, Podravina u ranom srednjem vijeku, Monographiae Instituti Archaeologici 2, Zagreb 2010., 178-183.
• Sekelj Ivančan T., Tkalčec T., "Rekonstrukcija kuće iz ranosrednjovjekovnog naselja Virovitica-Kiškorija jug/A Reconstruction of a House from the Early Mediaeval Settlement of Virovitica-Kiškorija jug", Prilozi 27, Zagreb 2010, 217-224.
• Sekelj Ivančan, T., Tkalčec, T., Krznar, S., Belaj, J. (eds.), Srednjovjekovna naselja u svjetlu arheoloških izvora (Mediaeval Settlements in the Light of Archaeological Sources), Zbornik Instituta za arheologiju/Serta Instituti Archaeologici VI, Zagreb 2016.
• Tkalčec, T., Life in a Medieval Castle: Bone Artefacts as Indicators of Handcraft and Leisure, in: Close to the bone: current studies in bone technologies (ed. Selena Vitezović), proceedings from 10th Meeting of the Worked Bone Research Group of the International Council of Zooarchaeology, Belgrade: Institute of Archaeology, 25.-30.8.2014, Belgrade, 2016., 356-363.
• Tkalčec, T., Kasnosrednjovjekovni arheološki kompleks Grubišno Polje – Šuma Obrovi – probna arheološka istraživanja u 2015. (Late mediaeval complex at Grubišno Polje – Šuma Obrovi – initial archaeolological excavations in 2015), Annales Instituti Archaeologici XII, Zagreb 2016., 99-112.
• Tkalčec, T., Prapovijesna, rimska i srednjovjekovna naselja na lokalitetu Donji Miholjac-Đanovci – zaštitna arheološka istraživanja u 2015. godini (Prehistorical, Roman, late antiquity and mediaeval settlements on the site Donji Miholjac-Đanovci – rescue archaeolological excavations in 2015), Annales Instituti Archaeologici XII, Zagreb 2016., 46-58.
• Tkalčec, T., Novi pogledi na stara obrambena zdanja: burg Vrbovec u Klenovcu Humskom, arheološka istraživanja 2014. godine (New perspectives on ancient fortifications: Vrbovec Castle in Klenovec Humski, archaeological investigations in 2014), Annales Instituti Archaeologici, XI, Zagreb 2015.,63-73.
• Tkalčec, T., Kostešić, I., Izrada digitalnog modela reljefa arheološkog nalazišta na primjeru Gradine kod Špišić Bukovice (The creation of a digital relief model of an archaeological site on the example of Gradina near Špišić Bukovica), Annales Instituti Archaeologici, X, Zagreb 2014., 85-94.
• Tkalčec, T, Rekognosciranje srednjovjekovnih gradišta na području bilogorskog kraja i Zapadne Slavonije 2011. g. (Field survey of the mediaeval earthen fortifications in Bilogora region and the Western Slavonia during 2011), Annales Instituti Archaeologici, VIII, Zagreb 2012., 115-127.