Space, Time and Function. Góra Chełmska near Koszalin in the Middle Ages
Space, Time and Function. Góra Chełmska near Koszalin in the Middle Ages

Summary/Abstract: Without any doubt, the identification of sites of traditional religious worship solely on an archaeological basis is a controversial question. In the case of the West Slavonic peoples of the early Middle Ages we encounter few written accounts, and these only serve to support our speculations, rather than providing unambiguous answers. Instead, more questions and doubts arise (Moszyński, 1998). In the Polish literature there is considerable arbitrariness in the use of terms usually employed by scholars of religion, so that intuitive connections are formed with the discovered archaeological evidence. And although intuition is a substantial factor for the humanities, free manipulation of terms taken from religious studies is not justified any more. This paper concentrates on several aspects of one case, which has been of exceptional importance to me – the mountain Góra Chełmska on the outskirts of the city of Koszalin. [...]

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