Plisnesk archaeological complex is a group of archaeological sites located near the khutir of Plisnesk (now part of Pidhirtsi, Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast), at the source of the Buzhok river.[1]
The early medieval settlement had a big area of 400-450 ha which could inhabit tens of thousands of people, surrounded by several rows of fortifications, smaller settlements, more than 142 burial mounds, and included a fort with a pagan center.[1][2][3] It was a Polis-like city and one of the centers of ancient tribe of White Croats.[4][5][6][7] The city's downfall and layers of burning are considered to be related to the Vladimir the Great's war with the Croats (992-993).[1][6]
Since 2015 is regionally protected as a Historic and Cultural Reserve "Ancient Plisnesk".[8]
- ^ a b c Филипчук М. А. Plisnesk Пліснеськ // Енциклопедія історії України : у 10 т. / редкол.: В. А. Смолій (голова) та ін. ; Інститут історії України НАН України, Київ : Наукова думка, 2011, Т. 8 : Па — Прик, s. 274. : іл., ISBN 978-966-00-1142-7.
- ^ Hupalo 2014, pp. 78–79.
- ^ Fylypchuk 2015b, pp. 38–64.
- ^ Hupalo 2014, pp. 75–82.
- ^ Timoshchuk 2015, pp. 20–21.
- ^ a b Tomenchuk 2018, p. 18–22.
- ^ Voloshchuk 2021, pp. 39:The city [Halych] belonged to a group of grandiose Croatian settlements (Plisnesk, Revna, Stylske, Iliv, etc.), stretching along the course of the Upper Dniester, bordering on its lower part with the settlement of the Ulychs and Tiverts (gentes), and closely coexisting with the carriers of the Scandinavian subculture at least in the 10th century.
- ^ Пліснеський археологічний комплекс (in Ukrainian), published by Municipal institution of the Lviv Regional Council "Administration of historical and cultural reserve "Ancient Plisnesk", 2017