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The circumstances and time of the birth of the Polish state have fascinated us for ages. The few and laconic source records describe the Piast dynasty, which in just a few years - probably between 962 and 966 - brought its rule from oblivion to organizational and political greatness. How did this happen? Who stood in their way? What does archaeology reveal to us? Were the builders of the mysterious, early medieval castles discovered in southern Greater Poland and part of Lower Silesia the first rivals of the Piasts? The story is told by prof. dr hab. ANDRZEJ BUKO :::::: SUBSCRIBE TO LIVING ARCHAEOLOGY! :::::: ???? Support the channel: http://bit.ly/e-prenumerataAZ ???? Facebook: / archeologiazywa ???? Website: https://archeologia.com.pl/ :::::: WE RECOMMEND OTHER MEETINGS ABOUT THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES :::::: • Tribal Poland - Andrzej Buko KON... • Piast trade emporium? Trójca-Zaw... • Yotvingians. The time of mounted warriors ... • Blacksmithing in the early Middle Ages -... :::::: TABLE OF CONTENTS :::::: 00:00 Introduction 04:30 Before the Piast state was established 07:15 Tornow-type strongholds 10:00 Tornow-Klenica-type strongholds in Polish lands 11:00 Tornow-type pottery 12:40 Two patterns of stronghold construction in Greater Poland 15:30 Coincidence or traces of rivalry? 18:25 Tribal and early state strongholds 20:50 Hook structures of ramparts 21:50 Who were the inhabitants of the Gniezno land? 26:40 The first Piast strongholds around Gniezno 27:10 Function of great strongholds 30:40 What awaits future archaeologists? English: 37:50 About the reconstructions of the appearance of the stronghold on Ostrów Lednicki 43:40 Where did the Piasts come from? 45:00 Kraków - the first capital? 48:20 Possibilities of specialist analyses of human remains 57:10 How many people could have lived in individual strongholds? 1:02:30 Could Torno-type strongholds have had two entrances? 1:04:00 What was happening in Mazovia at the time? 1:15:00 The potential and problems of genetic research 1:19:00 Who could have been the first rival of the Piasts? 1:22:30 About the book “The Dawn of the Polish State” and more 1:26:40 Farewells 1:33:07 Thanks to subscribers! GUEST Andrzej Buko https://instytucja.pan.pl The book "The Dawn of the Polish State" can be ordered at this link http://ksiegarnia.iaepan.vot.pl/monog... HOSTS Radosław Biel https://archeologia.com.pl Paweł Konczewski http://antropologia.upwr.edu.pl