20.500.12556/RUL-189035 Identity, material culture and ethnogeographic interpretation in the Bitola region during the Early Middle Ages Identiteta, materialna kultura in etnogeografska interpretacija v bitolski regiji v zgodnjem srednjem veku This thesis examines processes of social and cultural transformation in the Bitola region between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, with particular attention to the relationship between material culture, identity and ethnogeographic interpretations. The study focuses on the period from the end of the 5th to the beginning of the 10th century and considers archaeological evidence from settlements, fortifications, religious structures, cemeteries and movable finds in the region of Bitola. The analysis combines archaeological and historical data with approaches from the archaeology of identity and a constructivist understanding of ethnicity and social affiliation. The study examines the changes in settlement organization, political structures, economic practices and material culture following the decline of the Late Roman urban system. Material culture traditionally classified under ethnic labels is analysed critically, with attention to chronology, archaeological context, provenance and patterns of reuse. The thesis argues that the transformation of the Bitola region was a process of social entanglement involving population mobility, political and military reorganization, cultural and linguistic interaction, and the selective adoption and adaptation of new practices. Identity is approached as situational and relational, while material culture is understood as one of the means through which affiliations were expressed and negotiated. The evidence does not allow the ethnic composition of the region to be reconstructed with certainty, but it reveals the complexity of the social processes through which communities and individuals negotiated a changing landscape between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Magistrsko delo obravnava procese družbene in kulturne preobrazbe na območju Bitole med pozno antiko in zgodnjim srednjim vekom, s posebnim poudarkom na odnosu med materialno kulturo, identiteto in etnogeografskimi interpretacijami. Raziskava se osredotoča na obdobje od konca 5. do začetka 10. stoletja ter obravnava arheološke podatke iz naselbin, utrdb, sakralnih objektov, grobišč in premičnih najdb na območju Bitole. Analiza združuje arheološke in zgodovinske podatke s pristopi arheologije identitete ter konstruktivističnim razumevanjem etničnosti in družbene pripadnosti. Delo obravnava spremembe v organizaciji naselbin, političnih strukturah, gospodarskih praksah in materialni kulturi po zatonu poznorimskega urbanega sistema. Materialna kultura, ki je bila tradicionalno opredeljena z etničnimi oznakami, je analizirana kritično, pri čemer so upoštevani kronologija, arheološki kontekst, izvor in načini ponovne uporabe predmetov. Magistrsko delo zagovarja stališče, da je bila preobrazba območja Bitole proces družbenega prepletanja, ki je vključeval mobilnost prebivalstva, politično in vojaško reorganizacijo, kulturne in jezikovne stike ter selektivno prevzemanje in prilagajanje novih praks. Identiteta je obravnavana kot situacijska in relacijska, materialna kultura pa kot eno izmed sredstev, s katerimi so se izražale in pogajale različne oblike pripadnosti. Arheološki in zgodovinski viri ne omogočajo zanesljive rekonstrukcije etnične sestave območja, vendar razkrivajo kompleksnost družbenih procesov, v katerih so skupnosti in posamezniki oblikovali in usklajevali svoje pripadnosti v spreminjajoči se pokrajini med pozno antiko in zgodnjim srednjim vekom. Bitola region Late Antiquity Early Middle Ages Heraclea Lyncestis identity material culture ethnogeography Christianity bitolska regija pozna antika zgodnji srednji vek Heraclea Lyncestis identiteta materialna kultura etnogeografija krščanstvo true false false Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Magistrsko delo/naloga 2026-10-01 07:20:43 2026-10-01 07:20:45 2026-10-07 10:44:11 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 Ljubljana 0 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 635312 72437.pdf 72437.pdf 1 314AB8356BB2330CD4BAF9DE7996EF29 bbab2815a5a8f75de1aba44b5648e202f6ac73521f76933765ef6c5626f50163 bff04b0f-bd57-11f1-8bc5-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=249478 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0