Sâncraiu de Mureș (Marosszentkirály): medieval settlement network, Pauline monastery and its environment on the middle course of the Mureş river
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Elek Benkő [3] ; Pál Sümegi [1] ; Tünde Törőcsik [2] ; Elvira Bodor [2] ; Balázs Sümegi [2] ; Gusztáv Jakab [2]
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[1] University of Szeged
University of Szeged
Hungría
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[2] Szent István University
Szent István University
Hungría
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[3] Research Centre for the Humanities, Institute of Archaeology Tóth Kálmán, H-1097 Budapest, Hungary
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- Localización: Acta Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, ISSN-e 1588-2551, ISSN 0001-5210, Vol. 71, Nº. 1, 2020, págs. 177-198
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The study aims to contribute to the medieval environmental history of the eastern periphery of the Transylvanian Plain (Câmpia Transilvaniei/Mezőség). With the help of archaeological and historical data and the multi-aspect analysis of undisturbed core sequences, the economic life of the Pauline Monastery founded in the 14th century near Sâncraiu de Mureş (Marosszentkirály) and the surrounding villages was investigated. The multidisciplinary research focuses on the paleochannels of the Mureş and the artificial watercourses (ditches) that branch off the river, and the mills built on them. The work also provides new data on the general environmental changes in the middle course of the Mureş river during the Middle Ages and the early modern period, which are largely due to the very intense human activity here.
