TY - JOUR
TI - Movement or stabilization? The Upper San River basin in the second half of the 1st millennium BC
AU - Bochnak, Tomasz
TI - Movement or stabilization? The Upper San River basin in the second half of the 1st millennium BC
AB - The ‘Celtic episode’ of the prehistoric Sanok region should be associated with a group of colonists from the south who, during phase LT C, used the local brine springs to produce salt and supply it to the population of the Upper Tisa River basin. For now, no finds definitely associated with phases LT B or LT D have been discovered in the region. The settlers probably relied on both agriculture and animal husbandry to sustain their communities. It seems unlikely they were able to produce any food surpluses, considering the unfavourable climate and poor soil conditions. When the expansion of Dacian tribes to the south of the Carpathians began to cause shifts in the political landscape and the trade routes’ network, the San River Valley cultural centre lost its economic significance and entered a period of decline. Presumably, some of the population may have migrated north into the more fertile lands, while others might have returned to the areas of their origin. According to the available data, there seems to be no clear continuity between the La Tène occupation and the oldest Przeworsk culture finds dated to the end of the early pre-Roman period.
VL - 2019
IS - Vol LIV
PY - 2019
SN - 0001-5229
C1 - 2719-4841
SP - 25
EP - 56
DO - 10.4467/00015229AAC.19.003.11880
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/acta-archaeologica-carpathica/article/movement-or-stabilization-the-upper-san-river-basin-in-the-second-half-of-the-1st-millennium-bc
KW - La Tène culture
KW - celtic culture
KW - middle La Tène
KW - San basin
KW - brine springs