Institute of Archaeology
Topic
Rotation querns and their significance in the Middle Ages
PhD. program
Year of admission
2025
Name of the supervisor
doc. PhDr. Matej Ruttkay, CSc.
Contact:
Receiving school
Comenius University Bratislava
Annotation
The aim of the thesis is to summarize, analyze and evaluate the archaeological and historical sources on the rotation querns in the territory of present-day Slovakia. From the excavations of settlements, as well as surface surveys and exceptionally graves, there is an enormous finds fund of both whole pieces and fragments. Their detailed archaeological as well as material analysis in the context of knowledge from the Central Danube area will provide important information for the reconstruction of life in the Middle Ages - sources of raw materials, diet, mining and processing technologies, transport, trade/exchange, etc. The precondition for a successful solution of the thesis is interdisciplinary cooperation - especially comparison with historical and art-historical sources, and cooperation with geologists.