Prague-Korchak culture

The Prague-Penkov-Kolochin group of archaeological cultures
Prague-type pottery

The Prague-Korchak culture was an archaeological culture attributed to the Early Slavs. The other contemporary main Early Slavic culture was the Prague-Penkovka culture situated further south, with which it makes up the "Prague-type pottery" group.[1] The largest part of sites dates to the late 5th and early 6th century AD according to Late Roman iron fibulae.[2] Settlements were as a rule placed at rivers, near water sources, and were typically unfortified, with 8–20 households with courtyards.[3] Burial sites were both flat graves and barrows (kurgans), and cremation was dominant.[2]

Slavic archaeologists including M. Kazanski identified the 6th-century Prague (Prague-Korchak) culture and Sukow-Dziedzice group as Sclaveni archaeological cultures, and the Penkovka culture (Prague-Penkovka) was identified as Antes.[4][5]

  1. ^ Dolukhanov 2014, p. 163; Cvijanović 2013
  2. ^ a b Dolukhanov 2014, p. 163.
  3. ^ Cvijanović 2013, p. 328.
  4. ^ James 2014, p. 96.
  5. ^ Michel Kazanski (2020). "Archaeology of the Slavic Migrations". Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online. BRILL. pp. 3–4