Original scientific paper

Slave trade and Christianity in the archaeological record – the example of early mediaeval Dalmatia

Ante Alajbeg orcid.org/0000-0002-1052-9464 ; Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments, Split, Croatia

Abstract

Changes in the Dalmatian Slavs’ funeral customs during the eighth and ninth centuries were a side-effect of radical social transformations caused by economic growth and the emergence of Christianity. This paper discusses the causes of these processes and their manifestation in the archaeological record.

Keywords

early Middle Ages; early mediaeval cemeteries; Dalmatia; Slavs; Venice; slave trade; Christianity;

Hrčak ID:

258508

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/258508

Publication date:

1.6.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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